Substantiation of strategic choice for change management in railway passenger company

The results of the study of current state and problems of development of railway passenger transport in Russia indicate the need for radical, qualitatively new, immediate changes at the microeconomic level, adequate to the transformations taking place in the external environment. The methods of strategic, economic and statistical analysis were used. The main factors influencing passenger turnover and reflecting positive and negative risks of endogenous and exogenous environment are revealed.  Strategies of change management in the railway passenger company on the basis of certain combinations of priority factors are proposed. The optimal variant of the development strategy for a railway passenger company, providing the best balance between the strengths and weaknesses of the organization, opportunities and threats of the external environment, in order to improve its competitiveness in the market, is substantiated. The implementation of the selected strategic scenario will allow to continuously, effectively and efficiently manage changes in the railway organization carrying out passenger transportation to achieve the strategic goals.