Innovative potential of organizations in the social sphere: research methodology

The author's understanding of the definition of innovative potential in the context of organizations pursuing a policy of assistance to some socially vulnerable segments of the population through their social habilitation and rehabilitation, adaptation and integration is given. An integrated approach to the development of a methodology for assessing the innovative potential of social organizations is proposed, which is accompanied by a system of research principles that allow the sociologist to move from "questions to answers".