THE NEW PARADIGM FOR MANAGING THE POST-SOCIALIST COUNTRIES IN A MARKET ECONOMY

The results of the applied management paradigm at all economic levels showed its inadequacy and the need of a new management paradigm. In the paper are presented the reasons that justify this need and the distinguishing features of the new management paradigm, especially in the post-socialist countries. The challenges and prospects of the new management logic are also presented in the paper. The main subject of research in the article is the need for a new paradigm of economic systems management (at all levels). From here comes the purpose of the study, which is to prove this need, as well as the specific dimensions of the so called "a new paradigm". The methodology of the study is based on historical analysis of past economic performance. And also the scientific achievements in the field of planning, created by the Bulgarian economists - Academic Evgeni Mateev, Member of the correspondence for the Academy of Science Ivan Iliev and Full professor Vassil Manov. As a result of the studies, in the article are presented aspects of the new paradigm that can be applied in the management of various economic levels.