105Mechanisms of Informatisation of Public Administration of the Military-Political...
Vadym Rozhko
National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine
Kharkiv
rozhko.v@nuczu.edu.ua
ORCID: 0009-0009-8947-7932
Volodymyr Streltsov
Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv
strelcow@ucu.edu.ua
ORCID: 0000-0002-6647-8678
MECHANISMS OF INFORMATISATION
OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
OF MILITARY-POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
MECHANIZMY INFORMATYZACJI ADMINISTRACJI
PUBLICZNEJ DZIAŁAŃ WOJSKOWO-POLITYCZNYCH
Abstract: The authors note that informatisation of public administration of military-political
activity has as its ultimate goal the creation of conditions that ensure more ecient use of
information to achieve the best functional results, namely; increasing the eciency of ac-
cessed to information resources, determination of better parameters and characteristics of
the military-political situation, development and assessment of various alternatives to military-
political solutions, intensify and streamline the organisation of information interaction between
the subject and object of military policy, and the use of mathematical models for making
military-political decisions.
Zarys treści: Autorzy zauważają, że informatyzacja administracji publicznej działalności
woj-skowo-politycznej ma na celu stworzenie warunków zapewniających bardziej efektywne
wykorzystanie informacji w celu osiągnięcia najlepszych wyników jej funkcjonowania, a mia-
nowicie zwiększenie efektywności dostępu do zasobów informacyjnych; określenie lepszych
parametrów i cech sytuacji wojskowo-politycznej, opracowanie i ocenę różnych alternatyw dla
rozwiązań wojskowo-politycznych; zintensykowanie i usprawnienie organizacji interakcji in-
formacyjnych między podmiotem a przedmiotem polityki wojskowej, wykorzystanie modeli
matematycznych do podejmowania decyzji wojskowo-politycznych.
Keywords: informatisation, public administration,mechanisms, military-political activities
Słowa kluczowe: informatyzacja, administracja publiczna, mechanizmy, działania wojskowo-
-polityczne
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Nr 7 ss. 105–111 2022
ISSN 2543–7321 Przyjęto: 03.10.2022
© Instytut Bezpieczeństwa i Zarządzania, Akademia Pomorska w Słupsku Zaakceptowano: 03.10.2022
Oryginalna praca badawcza DOI: 10.34858/SNB.7.2022.009
STUDIA NAD BEZPIECZEŃSTWEM
106 Vadym Rozhko, Volodymyr Streltsov
Formulation of the problem
Informatisation of public administration of the military-political activities of
the state should fundamentally solve the main problem of information support for
modern control systems, which is to eliminate the contradictions between the increase
in the volume of necessary information and the urgent need to reduce the time for
processing it. The fact is that any attempts to increase the amount of information
for a more objective and comprehensive analysis of the situation inevitably lead to
an increase in the time spent on processing it. At the same time, redundant and overly
detailed information can lead to the same harm as its lack, since its processing and
analysis requires additional time which, as a rule, leads to a decrease in public ad-
ministration eciency, as well as an increase in the likelihood of missing important
information at the time of decision making.
Resolving this problem in information support of the military-political activities
of the state leads to the objective need to have a exible and eective methodologi-
cal apparatus, tools capable of combining the latest achievements of modern science
and the ever-increasing capabilities of information technology and computer technology.
It is important to note that in the most economically developed countries of
the world, scientic programmes are consistently and actively developed to improve
the information capabilities of the political and military public administration of
the state.
In our view, the tasks of strengthening the theory of information support for public
administration of military-political activities of Ukraineshould be; development of
a conceptual apparatus; methods of analysis and synthesis of information streams
which allow determination, conrmation and agreement for each level of public
administration and for critical eciency of information security of control bodies;
development of tools for combining determination of information needs and uses
by systems and control bodies; identication of quantity and quality characteristics of
sucient information for successful functioning of control systems; development of
the main directions for the strengthening of information support of military and politi-
cal activities of the state in times of peace; as well as various stages of development
of the military conict;determination of the entire set of events for optimization of
the information system of dierent levels of control in the Armed Forces; and specic
methods of information work.
Analysis of recent research and publications
Analysis of domestic and foreign literature on the topic of research shows that all
accumulated research material can be conditionally divided into four main blocks.
The rst block consists of works on the methodological problems of military poli-
cy, as well as directly the military-political activities of the state, which were the most
important source and point in identifying the essence and content of the information
support of the military-political activities of the state.
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The second block includes works that make up the general theoretical base of
the i-sequence of such categories as “information,” as well as the roles and place
of information processes in social activities. In these scientic papers, a wide range
of issues are covered by the essence, content, functions of information and its relation-
ship with other categories. Such works include the following authors: J. Kääriäinen,
S. Teppola, P. Parviainen, M. Tihinen, M. Wallin and M. Woerter etc.
The surge in scientic interest in the study of information support and related
problems at the end of the 20th century in Ukraine is not accidental. The rapid devel-
opment of the information sphere throughout the world and in Ukraine is leading to
the emergence of new forms and methods of interaction in the life of modern society.
Information is an objectively necessary attribute of human activity. The role
and importance of the information factor is constantly increasing, since modern social
development is characterized by a signicant increase in information needs, which af-
fects the organization and implementation of any social activity in general, and milit-
ary-political activities in particular. All the above mentioned emphasizes the relevance
of the selected research topic.Today the question remains open of how to achieve
a higher level of informatisation of Ukrainian society and the state.
Presenting the main material
Improving of information support for the military-political activities of the state
is an important factor in increasing its eectiveness. This statement is based on
the fact that the rationality and adequacy of the state’s military-political actions
in achieving military-political goals is largely determined by the quantitative and
qualitative characteristics of the information possessed by the decision makers of
the state’s military policy, as well as the eectiveness of its use. At the same time,
modern information processes, which are becoming a powerful engine of social
progress, can signicantly inuence the consciousness and behaviour of both indi-
viduals and society as a whole.1
The eective functioning of information support for the military-political activit-
ies of Ukraine depends on many conditions and factors, both objective and subjective,
the study of which can be very useful for its improvement.
Based on the previously identied trends in the development of the information
sphere of society and the features of information support for the military-political
activities of Ukraine, it is useful to identify the following directions for improving
the information support for the military-political activities of the state:
– informatisation of public administration of military-political activities of
Ukraine and the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
– formation and development of an integral system of information security
of Ukraine in the military sphere;
1 Garrison, D.R., Online community of inquiry review: social, cognitive, and teaching presence
issues, “J. Asynchron. Learn. Netw” 2007, 11, pp. 61–68; Martin, A., Digital literacy and
the “digital society”, “Digital Literacies Concepts Policies Practices” 2008, 30, pp. 151–176.
108 Vadym Rozhko, Volodymyr Streltsov
– improving the organization, forms and methods of information support for
the military-political activities of the state;
– optimization of interaction between the state’s security forces and the media on
military-political issues;
– improvement of regulatory and legal mechanisms regulating information rela-
tions in the eld of military policy of the state.2
Let us look at these areas in more detail. In modern conditions, humanity as
a whole is experiencing a turning point associated with an avalanche-like increase in
the amount of information ow and the volume of information. It is no coincidence
that experts started talking about problems associated with the information barrier,
which can only be overcome with a qualitative change in the mechanism of infor-
mation processing itself. There are objective and subjective information barriers.
The rst, for example, include spatial, temporal, technological, historical, political,
terminological and other barriers. The latter, as a rule, include mainly psychologi-
cal barriers. Therefore, one of the most important tasks of any information system is
the timely overcoming of information barriers, that is, negative factors aecting
the processes of collection, distribution, perception and consumption of information.3
It is obvious that widespread informatisation in the military sphere helps to over-
come information barriers and signicantly improves the eectiveness of the military-
political activities of the state.
Solving the problems of information support for the military-political activities of
the state in a timely manner and also with a quality high enough to satisfy the informa-
tion needs of the decision makers of military policy in modern conditions naturally
requires the accelerated development of the process of informatisation of the military
sphere of society.4
Today, our society has abandoned simplied views and approaches to informa-
tisation only as extensive computerization has provided the population with wide
accessed to information. It has now become generally accepted that this is not just
the introduction of computer technology into various areas of socio-economic practice,
but the formation of integral automated technologies and their mass “incorporation”
into societaluse whichhas lead to basic models of activity. The experience of de-
veloped countries that have entered the post-industrial stage of development shows
that informatisation necessarily includes the following interrelated processes:
2 Horbyk, R., The war phone: mobile communication on the frontline in Eastern Ukraine, Digi War
2002, 3, pp. 9–24; Martin, A., Digital literacy..., op. cit., pp. 151–176.
3 Kirschner, P.A., Sweller, J. & Clark, R.E. Why Minimally Guided Teaching Techniques Do
Not Work: A Reply to Commentaries,”Educational Psychologist” 2007, 42(2), pp. 115–121;
Trantopoulos, K., Krogh, G. von, Wallin, M., Woerter, W. & M., External knowledge and infor-
mation technology: Implications for process innovation performance, MIS Quarterly 2017, 41(1),
pp. 287–300.
4 Mann, R., Beyond the military sphere, “Media History” 2003, p. 19; Westerman, G. & Bonnet, D.,
Revamping your business through digital transformation, MIT Sloan Management Review 2015,
56(3), pp. 2–5.
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– development, creation and use of new generations of electronic computer tech-
nology;
– development of information technologies based on this technology in various
spheres of human activity;
– creation of a wide and diverse network of data and knowledge banks;
– qualitative change in the overall communication network and communication
processes;
– formation and maintenance of an information environment that allows satisfy-
ing the information needs of people in society and of society as a whole.5
Of course, these directions are also acceptable for informatisation of the military-
political activities of the state.
It is absolutely clear that the use of new information technologies in information
support of the military-political activities of Ukraine increases the level of awareness
and intelligence of the military-political leadership of the country and can positively
inuence the eectiveness of their functional duties. The fact is that new information
technologies, unlike traditional ones, make it possible to widely use the modelling of
military-political processes in the preparation and adoption of military-political deci-
sions, to take into account various connections and requirements in order to organize
optimal interaction between the subjects and objects of military policy, as well as im-
mediate and long-term consequences of a particular military-political course.6
In the dynamically changing conditions of the transition period in modern Ukrain-
ian society, the need for eective technologies for analysing and forecasting pos-
sible trends in the development of the military-political situation is sharply increasing.
This encourages us to look for opportunities to formalize methods for studying real
relationships that determine the direction of development of the military-political
activities of the state, translated into the language of strict logical and then mathemat-
ical procedures. At the same time, the widespread use of modern computers and new
information technologies makes it possible not only to process extensive empirical
data quickly, but also to develop possible scenarios for the development of events, to
make a more accurate military-political forecast, and therefore more eectively carry
out the military-political activities of the state.
The active penetration of computer tools and information technologies into mil-
itary-political practice has, at the same time, deeper reasons that cannot be reduced
either to the peculiarities of the military-political process or to the specics of Ukrain-
ian conditions.7
5 Parviainen, P., Tihinen, M.J. Kääriäinen & Teppola, S., Tackling the digitalization challenge:
How to benet from digitalization in practice, “International Journal of Information Systems and
Project Management” 2017, 5(1), pp. 63–77; Martsenyuk, T. Gender and Revolution in Ukraine:
Women’s Participation in Euromaidan Protests of 2013–2014, Perspectives on Europe 2014,
44(2), pp. 15–22.
6 Martin, A., Digital literacy..., op. cit., pp. 287–300.
7 Dandeker, C., New times for the military: Some sociological remarks on the changing role and
structure of the armed forces of the advanced societies, “The British Journal of Sociology” 1994,
45/4, pp. 637–54; Garrison, D.R., Online community of inquiry review: social, cognitive, and
110 Vadym Rozhko, Volodymyr Streltsov
Unfortunately, domestic information technologies, either in the form of scientic
and technical documents and information software, or in the form of automated sys-
tems, are uncompetitive in the world market. Despite the fact that in Ukraine there
are scientic and experimental developments in the eld of information technology
and technologies that meet the highest standards, in general, in methodological, or-
ganizational and technical terms they are at a relatively low level and do not corre-
spond to the required level of informatisation of modern society.
Conclusions
Finally, it seems that the strategically correct direction should be the development
of our own information and technology potential, which in the future will allow us to
get rid of strict dependence on foreign manufacturers in the eld of high technologies
and knowledge-intensive industries, especially in strategic areas.
However, at present there are very few truly competitive domestic producers
in this area, so relying only on domestic producers will lead to the preservation of
Ukraine’stechnological and economic backwardness.
It seems that the most optimal solution is the widespread attraction of foreign
and domestic capital and the creation of preconditions for the gradual formation of
numerous nancial and industrial groups with a predominance, as a rule, of the latter,
capable of successfully entering high-tech domestic and world markets.
In addition, in our opinion, among the main areas of government activity
that contribute to the informatisation of Ukrainian society, it is necessary to highlight
the following:
– support for national scientic schools with world-class fundamental scientic
results in the eld of computer science and communications;
– support for the promotion of nal software and hardware products of domestic
development and production to the domestic and global markets;
– creation of preferential conditions for developers and manufacturers of high-
tech software and hardware domestic products for the military-industrial com-
plex of Ukraine.
In general, all this gives (according to the multiplicative law) a new impetus
for the successful development of scientic, technical and production potential,
and, therefore, will allow in the future the achievement high levels of informatisation
of the military sphere of the state and society.
Among the main directions of military-political activity of Ukraine which are di-
rectly subject to informatisation, the following should, in our opinion, be highlighted:
– systems for managing the military-political activities of Ukraine;
– The Armed Forces of Ukraine as a whole.
teaching presence issues, “J. Asynchron. Learn. Netw” 2007, 11, pp. 61–68; Horbyk, R., The war
phone: mobile communication on the frontline in Eastern Ukraine, Digi War 2002, 3, pp. 9–24.
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How to benet from digitalization in practice, “International Journal of Information Sys-
tems and Project Management” 2017, 5(1).
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Summary
The ultimate goal of informatisation of public administration of military-political activity
is mainly based on creating conditions that guarantee the most eective use of information
to achieve the best outcomes of its functioning. These conditions include improving the ef-
ciency of information resource access, identifying better parameters and characteristics of
the military-political situation, developing and evaluating alternative military-political so-
lutions, intensifying and streamlining the organisation of information interaction between
the subject and object of military policy, and using mathematical models to make military-
-political decisions.It seems that the most optimal solution is the widespread attraction of
foreign and domestic capital and the creation of preconditions for the gradual formation of
numerous nancial and industrial groupscapable of successfully entering high-tech domestic
and world markets.
