Strateginio efekto problemos Lietuvoje ; The problems of the strategic effect in Lithuania

Abstract

The authors trust that the concept of the breakthrough of the strategic management and its implementation, as discussed by them, will be in contrast to the rhythm of the "life cycle" and will contribute to the avoiding of the extreme negative results of the development by the preliminary prediction of potential, often unavoidable, dangers and by the provision of measures to neutralise the negative factors. To put the strategic effect into practice, it is important to channel the efforts in the following directions: • to prioritise strategic aims; • to define the modernising role of the state; • to construe the system of strategic state govern ment; • to work out a new approach to the necessity of holistic thinking, and to design the perspective of coherence of the components of the whole, even under the dominating chaos conditions; • to look for strategists in a complex combination of researchers - politicians - officials that rejects any formal subordination; • to foster the activities of "thing-tanks". The authors also suggest initiating a wider discussion on the following subject: should Lithuania, that is not characterised by high developmental standards, follow the well-trodden path of highly developed countries in order to achieve the irreversibility of the development, or are any other scenarios of catching-up with them a possibility?