The article substantiates the need to develop tools and provide an assessment of the contents of the property complex of educational institutions with regulatory and per capita approach, according to which, at the moment, is calculated and reported financial support for the state order. This problem is solved by the use of normative per capita approach, as the normative cost per student includes a significant portion of the costs for the maintenance of the institution property, but it does not take into account significant differences in the property complex of the universities. This calculator allows you to carry out model calculations maintenance costs per 1 square meter of property on cost groups, levels of training and forms of learning and security of the property complex and the calculation of the actual costs for the maintenance of one square meter of real estate on cost groups, levels of training and forms of learning and security of the property complex. This tool has been tested in the Southern Federal University. As the result of conducted analysis with the use of a calculator we substantiate the necessity of security standards of real estate objects per student, in the context of cost groups. Using the calculator in the educational organization will allow for analyzing the actual state and what is necessary for running the property complex on the basis of which effective management decisions can be taken regarding the management of the property complex. The article substantiates the need to develop tools and provide an assessment of the contents of the property complex of educational institutions with regulatory and per capita approach, according to which, at the moment, is calculated and reported financial support the state order. This problem is solved by the use of normative per capita approach, as in the regulatory cost per student allocated a significant portion of the costs for the maintenance of the institution of property, but it does not take into account significant differences in the property complex of the universities. A calculator allows you to carry out model calculations maintenance costs 1 square meter of property on cost groups, levels of training and forms of learning and security of the property complex and the calculation of the actual costs for the maintenance of one square meter of real estate on cost groups, levels of training and forms of learning and security of the property complex. This tool has been tested in the Southern Federal University. The analysis, by means of the use of a calculator determining the necessity of security standards of real estate objects per student, in the context of cost groups. Using the calculator in the educational organization will allow an analysis of the actual state and the need to ensure that the property complex on the basis of which can be taken effective management decisions regarding the management of the property complex.

The article falls under research category. The problem of optimizing resources use and organization of competent operation of infrastructure objects of higher education today is quite acute because of the lack of standards and regulations for the operation and efficiency of using real estate in the higher education sector. Application of innovative approaches in the field of real estate management can significantly increase the efficiency of the functioning and competitiveness of the domestic higher educational institutions.Considering the existing situation the article suggests main criteria allowing for evaluating intensity of using classes in campuses of higher education institution. In this paper authors made a comparative analysis of the structure of property resources of foreign and domestic university campuses, summarized the existing indicators, which allow for estimating efficiency of using of classroom fund of higher education. In this paper, we proposed to expand the list of installed and previously used indicators of capital productivity and asset intensity to be modified. Besides indicators of load and occupancy for qualitative analysis of the effectiveness of using real estate of higher education institution authors suggest taking into account the general factors related to income and expenses of the university. The article presents the highest possible utilization factor of classroom fund of higher education. The results of performed analysis provide a set of indicators, describing intensiveness of classroom funds use by any university and provide justification for continuing research into modern information technologies of university real estate assets The article suggests the list of basic information for calculating integral indicator of university real estate assets utilization quality and demonstrates the need for creating single system of information collection and analysis. The article is of interest for departments of strategic planning and campus development of any university. For the first time the article gets maximum possible coefficient of using classroom funds of a university. It also provides an overview of existing indicators of classroom funds usage efficacy. Authors suggest broadening the list of applied indicators and modify capacity and return indicators. For the first time authors suggest using general coefficients related to university income and expenses in order to evaluate university real estate assets. The list of indicators presented in the article allows for evaluating efficacy of classroom funds utilization during the teaching process.

The article falls under the case category and describes experience of organizing university management, unveils the idea of implemented managerial approaches and technologies, university management practice using the experience of Siberian State Medical University of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The aim of the article is to present the experience and peculiarities of costs optimization in medical universities and description of a set of measures aimed at optimizing university costs. Using SWOT-analysis conducted in the framework of formulating university complex development program authors formulated logical scheme of interaction of university weak and strong aspects, opportunities and external threats. The results of conducted SWOT analysis and detailed study of the current state of affairs allowed for defining perspective aims and objectives of complex development program in each university activities area as well as formulating main development areas. Conducted activities allowed for saving more than 3 % of overall university budget and therefore complex of measures and implemented approach were effective. In the context of limited budget financing and increased competition universities need to be active in optimizing costs and improving their efficacy. The article can be useful for all managers in the field of higher education, particularly those working in the field of medical education.

The article has been made up by using the materials of the research into methods of switching to the business model of university. It describes practical experience of using outsourcing at university. The aim of this article is the substantiation of the reasons and need to transfer nonspecialized university’s kinds of activities to the specialized companies on the terms of outsourcing. The route of the development of higher education in Russia requires universities to be in compliance with the normative of proportion between the number of the teaching staff and support personnel. The instrument able to exclude nonspecialized university’s kinds of activities and fulfill special normative is outsourcing. Apart from that, in practice there is a number of internal factors restricting the processes of development of universities. One of the most important of them is a long-standing practice of expanding nonspecialized kinds of activities and unreasonable transfer of universities’ resources to their maintenance. The aim of the article has been achieved owing to review of the literature on the use of outsourcing, analysis of the normative and other legal documents, description of the procedure of applying outsourcing in the university activities and description of the problems arising in the process of its implementation. As the result of the conducted research we have found out the following reasons of negative influence of nonspecialized kinds of activities on the universities: high costs, savings on standards, contradiction between the aims of managers of nonspecialized kinds of activities and aims of the university, possibility of abuse from the nonspecialized structures’ staff and so on. The study of literature showed that the most important advantage of outsourcing is the concentration of the efforts on such activities directions that need closer attention and possibility to release resources for development of new directions. The practical recommendations, formed on the basis of applying outsourcing at the university, consist of defining certain goals to be solved when the outsourcing is applied: determination of main and additional kinds of activities; estimation of factors for making decision on outsourcing; determination of level of responsibility for making a decision; going into the question of applying industrial outsourcing. We have estimated economic reasonability of transition of university’s team of electricians and sanitary technicians to outsourcing. As to scientific newness of this article it can be related to the use of existing university’s restrictions connected with inefficient use of resources and turning them into the instrument of development. The results of the research prove that the management of the university development through elimination of restrictions can be accessible, economical and clear.

The article substantiates the need for a software system that can store and process data of technical certificates, periodic inspections made or planned current and capital repairs, with an indication of the resources requirements of regulatory bodies specifying the volume of work performed, the current state of the object and the surrounding area containing recommendations for the further operation of objects and allows you to monitor their implementation. The aim of developing an electronic data sheet is to implement automated information accounting major and minor building parameters. This electronic data sheet is used in order to provide adequate technical operation of each of the facilities of the property complex of the educational organization; address the planning overhaul and repair; calculation of costs for maintenance and repair of the educational organizations common property complex to obtain objective data on the volume of use of energy resources; determination of energy efficiency; cost optimization through the implementation of energy efficiency programs and resources; determining the economic model of sustainable development of the educational organization. Database Update shall be held not less than twice a year at the time of the planned technical surveys (inspections) facilities of the property complex - spring and fall. This updating of the parameters indicating the physical deterioration of the structural elements and engineering systems will contribute to the timely referral of the necessary financial and material resources to restore the operating characteristics of each individual object property complex. Improving mechanisms for management decision-making through the use of electronic data sheet, as a tool for automated information accounting major and minor parameters of the building, will provide the conditions for reliable operation and effective use of all the property complex of systems that support the activities of the University.

The article describes the experience of creating and developing university endowment fund. Analysis of the influence of large size and university reorganization process on endowment organization strategy allows for stating that we have found a set of effective solutions for a large young university. The experience of target funds forming and functioning allows for identifying a set of public endowment typical features that bring it closer to crowd funding model. The use of long term financial modeling allows for more accurate definition of two basic advantages a d at the same time limitations of existing activity model: reliance solely on volunteers and focusing on a small donations segment. The article presents a set of hypotheses concerning long term endowment fund strategy.

The article features materials from research on intellectual property management mechanisms at the Russian universities with different status: participants of 5-100 Project, federal universities, national research universities, classical universities from Privolzhsk Federal Area, pillar universities. Modern development stage of higher education system in the Russian Federation is characterized by strengthening influence of regional development trends on the functioning of regional universities, their interaction with regional innovation systems actors including aspects related to forming non material assets. The aim of this research article is to evaluate the efficacy of intellectual property management mechanisms at the universities on the basis of benchmarking analysis using the data form university efficacy monitoring of 2013-2016. According to research results the authors managed to identify problem areas decreasing the efficacy of intellectual property management inside university groups under research. According to the research results in 201571% of universities participating in 5-100, did not get income of using intellectual property; 70 % of Federal universities; 79% of classical universities, 69% of national research institutions; 91% of pillar universities. In 20154 out of 21 (19 %) Federal university participating in 5-100 and 5 out of 11 (45 %) of pillar universities had no license agreements. There is no evident growth of research staff increase at pillar universities. Research conducted by the authors does not claim presenting a full picture of all potential pillar universities as it covers only 2015 winners. At the same time it allows for forming the main principles of upgrading the efficacy of intellectual property management at the pillar universities. The novelty and original character of the article are determined by the following factors: a) new task (improvement of intellectual property management mechanisms at the university on the basis of supra-university resources, including regional levels of innovation activities management); b) suggested approach to solving this task by summing up best practices of process and project management on corporate and regional level; c) suggested conceptual model of regional standard of intellectual property management. Practical importance of the research is determined by the fact that university managers get a mechanism for improving intellectual property management mechanism which should be supported by the development of process management mechanisms development (for designing and streamlining intellectual property management process at the university), forming project oriented system at the university (for improving project activities efficacy), introduction of value oriented management mechanisms (with the aim of the optimal use of human capital in the region and at the university), developing mechanisms of interaction with actors of regional innovation systems (with the aim of maximal use of regional innovation and economic systems potential). The article is an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of intellectual property management mechanisms at the university and define ways of improving them. It can be of interest for researchers analyzing higher education system in the context of improving approaches to innovation activities management.

In the current economic conditions one of the key parameters of competitiveness of higher education is the quality of educational services determined by the system parameters, including demand for graduates on the labor market, the availability and scope of applied skills of the recipient of the educational service. University management should be focused on the development of new tools for accessing competitiveness of educational services, including identification of the key parameters of the cost of paid educational services. In this article it is expected to study the basic, fundamental elements of quality of education system in higher education. First and foremost, the approach to calculating the cost of the educational program that is more comprehensive, unlike educational services, which, in turn, acts as a “product” from an economic point of view, and as a “process” - from the point of view of its social function. The article also attempts to assess the quality of the educational program, subject to the established University cost, and indicators of the evaluation of educational services on the part of employers and the academic community.

This publication belongs to case category. The main task of the research is to formulate methods and algorithms of financial analysis and teaching process management at the university. It suggests designing financial mathematical model of budget financing for university structural units on the basis of teaching and financial plans of teaching programs. This model is based on per capita financing of educational institutions acting upon state order. The authors of the article have already designed and presented practical implementation of original algorithms for forming salary funds for lecturers from the chairs. The article presents the main principles of the model analyzing main outcomes of its implementation and formulates possible challenges and ways of solving then. There has been a significant economic effect of introducing the model, absence of legal limitations for its implementation, perspectives of its development in the field of prognosticating university structural units’ financial position, implementing effective contracts, network form of training and individual educational trajectories. Developed method of budgeting for structural units can be used at any university on the basis of curricula analysis and making teaching and financial plans. Its implementation eliminates discrepancies between principles of business support of educational activities in general and its individual structures (chairs); creates an opportunity for calculating the costs of curriculum modules and components; improves efficacy of teaching process organization; formation of financial mechanism for implementing individual educational trajectories by the students and network forms of training, basic chairs functioning, decentralization of financial and economic management and creation of prerequisites for acknowledging a chair as the center of financial responsibility. The model is original and is in fact a natural continuation of per capita financing of university educational activities.

The article describes experience of University of Finance in adapting effective contract system in the context of transition to professional standard “Lecturer in the field of professional training, education and supplementary professional education”. Information presented in the article includes a case with solution and reflects the task of introducing efficacy criteria and indicators of academic and teaching staff (ATS) considering review of their labor functions according to professional standard. Case. Influence of professional standard on the system of effective contract management and university efficacy. Initial indicators: Professional standard. Development strategy of the University of Finance. 3. Efficacy indicators from score and rating system on evaluating personal input of academic and teaching staff members. Labor agreements with academic and teaching staff members. 5. Duties of academic and teaching staff members. Individual workplan for academic and teaching staff members. The task reflected in the article is solved as a result of involving key specialists into project and workgroups activities of which are related to stage by stage implementation of effective contract system at the University of Finance. The results of performed activities: - Improved and reformulated forms of labor contracts with academic and teaching staff members; their time norms; local norms regulating salary; individual planning system; - Designed and implemented evaluation sheets, library of efficacy criteria and indicators; - Creation of commission on evaluating efficacy of academic and teaching staff activities. Practical recommendations formulated in the article take a form of description of a process of integrating existing system of regulating academic and teaching staff activities and their salary into new context related to using effective contract considering labor functions and activities, described in detail by professional standard. Academic novelty is in practical experience of reviewing academic and teaching staff labor functions, criteria and indicators of their efficacy according to professional standard of teacher and University of Finance development strategy. The value of this article is in recommendations for university top managers concerning creating overall approach to managing effective labor contract system.

Interview with expert M. Alashkevich conducted by editor in chief A. Kluyev

Universities as higher education system institutions have their peculiarities in managing financial support, including absence of profit target, variety of activities, absence of tangible aspect in an educational product, regulation of using federal budget resources, budget of other levels, etc.. At the same time just like at different type organizations the main principles of university financial management are: integration into overall management system, achieving high degree of dynamics and alternative approaches in managerial solutions, orientation towards strategic development aims. Organization of financial management at modern university implies structuring of topic area components; development of financial system based on financial structure; defining methods and instruments of managing financial sources, currents and funds as the main mechanisms of financial management. The article deals with these questions and is addressed to top and mid-level university managers active in this sphere.

This article presents UrFU experience in developing, implementing and improving financial model of the activities of main university academic structures - institutes. Key parameters of this model are a high degree of teaching process and related financial support decentralization, per capita approach, multichannel financing, mutual calculations method on the basis of student credits. The article provides a brief description of systems preceding the current financial model, analysis of factors influencing formation and evolution of its parameters and methods of UrFU institutes financing. The article also describes the consequences and of establishment and further changes of model parameters, including exclusion of chairs from the financial responsibility centers network in the field of higher education. The functioning of UrFU institutes financial support model demonstrates the experience of uniting requirements related to university teaching process peculiarities and practice of corporate finance management, financial modeling, adaptation of these practices for such a unique organization as the university.

This article falls under the case category and describes the experience of creating a financial stimulation system for teaching staff at the Technological Institute named after N. N, Polikarpov (part of Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev), unveiling the gist of implemented technologies of rating evaluation of teaching staff professional activities in the intra-university system of staff material stimulation. The importance of creating teaching staff material stimulation has grown because of a shift towards new labor payment system in the educational sphere which has considerably broadened opportunities for stimulating employers’ activities, urging them to improve professional skills and therefore leading to higher quality of their educational services. Implementing differentiated approach to teaching staff salary requires quantitative evaluation of the results of their professional activities. In order to achieve that it is reasonable to use intra-university rating system which is a traditional practice for many Russian universities. The aim of this article is to form a technology for creating material stimulation system for university employees based on rating evaluation of their professional activities. In order to achieve the stated aim authors suggest using the methods of interpreting rating information based on individual qualimetric scales (individual for each rating list). The use of suggested technology in the framework of university management facilitates creation of competitive environment and ensures positive psychological and pedagogical influence of intra-university financial stimulation on the growth of teaching staff professional level and improvement of their activities. Practical recommendations on creating university system of financial stimulation for teaching staff requires complex approach in creating intra-university monitoring system that covers initial input on professional activities of employees, creation of correct rating evaluation scale (on the basis of collected data) and use of rating evaluation on the basis of suggested method. A new element in the suggested technology is the method of interpreting teaching staff rating evaluation using individual qualimetric scales.

The article is of problem type and is devoted to studying perspectives of Russian universities staff potential. Existing rates for academic and teaching staff salaries viewed in relation to achieving target indicators of “average monthly salary of ATS compared to average salary in the Russian Federation” and “number of students per one ATS member” initiate mass staff numbers reductions at universities. The authors justify the need for legal regulation of higher education academic and teaching staff workload as a prerequisite for protecting its staff potential. Using the example of Federal State educational standard in specialization “Economics” authors prove that standard offers comfortable conditions for educational activities (less than 400 in class hours per one lecturer). However real practice shows chronical “overload” of a lecturer which has systematic influence on education quality in a strategic perspective. Solving this system building contradiction of per capita financing between the need to support target ratio lecturer/student number and the need to maintain quality of graduates requires creating an environment where increased productivity of lecturers will be achieved not by extensive methods (increased number of disciplines) but by intensive ones aimed at increasing productivity in all its aspects. System building requirement is development and legal regulation of afternoon workload with a fixed number of disciplines per one ATS member that can be taught without decreasing quality indicators (2 or 3 disciplines) (regulation of ultimate classroom workload). Solution to the problem of providing quality of training and improving its profitability requires solving the contradiction between forming and financing order for personnel training for private companies by the state and practical absence of participation (in terms of financing and content) of real customers. This suggests developing a program of state and private partnership in the field of higher education identifying target co-financing indicators for strategic perspective. Interaction between universities and real economy is possible in the context of stable financing of fundamental and innovative research at universities. At midterm perspective it would allow for attracting financing from commercial sector in the amount comparable to state financing. Fundamental and innovative research should be aimed at creating educational innovations and developing efficacy evaluation criteria. In such a context it is relevant to make changes in per capita financing system in terms of applying coefficients to the components of basic cost norms considering a quality of educational and academic activities of the university. The article is aimed at university management representatives. The results of conducted analysis and suggested approaches can be used by legislators in analyzing strategic initiatives in the field of higher education and university management in the process of altering educational organization development strategy.

The article is a review and provides description of several aspects of multi-position perception using examples from the experience of Federal Treasury Administration of Sverdlovsk region and higher educational institutions of the region. The aim of the publication is to look into key interaction points in the process of executing cashier services for educational institutions on federal level. Material presentation is accompanied by analytical and historical data, description of problems in the process of integrated interaction of the parties during the process of reporting and transferring operations with university accounts at Federal treasury units. Having considered the needs of economic subjects, during the discussion authors present several suggestions concerning practical aspects requiring changes in the existing norms and legal rules or explanation from relevant authorities, particularly when it comes to applying budget classification of the Russian Federation or reimbursement of expenses incurred by budget institutions.