Successful social management: Singaporean case

The article describes model of social management successfully developed in Singapore. Despite small territory and the lack of natural resources, Singapore holds top positions in ratings of social and economic development. During the last decades, Singapore remains to maintain high rates of economic growth, attract foreign investments, and provides effective social security system. The Singaporean social management system combines highly effective market mechanisms, low level of corruption, and relatively authoritarian political system. Singaporean social policy is aimed at longterm interests of the whole society even through strong measures in demographic regulations. Social management in the country is based on large-scale investments in education, multilevel health insurance system which fosters individual responsibility and commercial companies’ interests, and on off-budget social security funds. Social policy is focused on supporting performance and meritocracy in economy and public administration.Managerial and governmental effectiveness of the Singaporean model is based on high reputation, competencies and autonomy of public administration consistency in pursuing long-term goals, directed toward overall national competitiveness, as well as flexibility in the choice of means.