This is the third collective monograph, prepared on the basis of the reports and reports of the participants of the Herzen interdisciplinary methodological seminar on the research of modern management problems, working in the RSPU .. A. and . Herzen since February 2002. The central idea of the book is to consider management not just as a technology, a tool, but as a social force capable of activating and directing social development. The opening of this idea in the first chapter begins the book , which is further filled with the analysis of the social base of management in the person of managers (managers) , have entered the historical arena as part of the ruling class with its specifics in countries with market and administrative-rental methods of management The crucial role of managers is complemented by the quality of human and social capital (chapters 2, 3, 4, 6), which determines the possibility of effective management and the corresponding development of society. These two principles have a decisive impact on the emergence and opportunities for innovation (Chapters 5, 7, 8) The publication is intended for philosophers, sociologists, political scientists, students and graduate students studying in relevant specialties, as well as for everyone interested in the problems of social regulation and management.