The article deals with an issue of deviant behavior. It includes a detailed description of the types of deviant behavior and the forms of its manifestation in an organization. As an example of the form of deviant behavior among employees of the banking sector, its impact on work processes is identified and described.

The key to achieving the goal of any project is a qualified and motivated team of participants working on the project. Building an effective incentive and motivation system is one of the most difficult management tasks for a project manager. This article considers incentives that a project manager can use to motivate project staff. The article presents data from a survey of the project team members, which make it possible to assess their motivational preferences, as well as factors causing the greatest feeling of dissatisfaction.

In this article, an attempt is made to theoretically substantiate the management of the project portfolio in the oil and gas industry. The article considers approaches to the essence of portfolio management of an oil and gas enterprise. The paper considers the relationship between the management of the project portfolio of an oil and gas sector enterprise and strategic management.

The article considers features of the professional competencies formation in the preparation of bachelors in “State and municipal management” in the academic discipline of “Management of a ‘Smart City’ ”. Digital technologies and technologies necessary for their implementation are analyzed. Based on the “smart city” model, the Federal State Educational Standard and the requirements for specialists from employers, appropriate professional competencies are proposed, that students should acquire at RSUH within a course in the academic discipline of “Management of a ‘Smart City’ ”.

The modern information space is characterized by the active and rapid formation of the network principle of interpersonal communications, which significantly changes the foundations of the communication process. Today, new technologies for creating information products are being actively developed. Information technology and innovation are becoming the main products of the post-industrial economy. Currently, the mechanism of trade transactions with those types of intangible goods is being fundamentally changed, people have the opportunity to choose sources of information, the number of channels is growing, etc. That ultimately leads to increased information openness of the world. The development of the Internet leads to an increase in interpersonal communications, and that, in turn, changes the public structure of society. The article attempts to analyse the understanding of the current changes that the information globalization entails.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the development of the stock market, its stages of development and the impact on the economic conjuncture of countries. The relevance of studies on the development of the stock market in modern realities is growing every day, the number of transactions also grows steadily despite the pandemic, and that forms huge cash flows.
The purpose of the study carried out in the article is not only to identify the influence of the stock market on the development of countries in modern conditions, but also to conduct a statistical analysis of data reflecting the state of the main stock exchange indices in a pandemic, as well as to assess the state of the securities market in 2019 and 2020 and work out forecasts for its future development.
Several methods were used in the work: analysis of official information sources, statistical observation (systematic collection of information), grouping of the source data, their graphical presentation, as well as building diagrams.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has seriously affected the international investment policies of the G20 countries. There has been a growing trend to introduce measures with reference to the protection of national security aiming at countering threats that may be associated with foreign investment. Given the role of international investment in alleviating the economic crisis, governments should continue to improve the investment climate while protecting their national security interests.

In the post-industrial period the world economy is characterized by the dominance of the service sector over the production sphere. The service sector is closely connected not only with social spheres, but also with the sector of finance, production, communications. Therefore, an understanding of the internal processes of transformation in the service market will help determine the most profitable areas of economic activity.

The article describes the current state of the world energy market from the point of view of the production and consumption of energy resources. It considers the dynamics of the contribution of the world regions to the overall energy balance. It was noted that the trends of the EU countries are generally different from the rest of the world in favor of reducing the energy load, increasing energy efficiency and increasing the share of renewable resources. The author carried out an analysis of the EU energy structure in which the predominant share is assigned to “green” sources.
The fundamentals and key principles of energy cooperation and its impact on the economy of the EU countries are presented. Conclusions have been drawn about the most serious obstacles that hinder the spread of renewable energy: technical, administrative, economic. Prospects for the introduction of “green” initiatives in the EU countries are outlined.