Regularity conditions are given for the consistency of the Poisson quasi-maximum likelihood estimator of the conditional mean parameter of a count time series. The asymptotic distribution of the estimator is studied when the parameter belongs to the interior of the parameter space and when it...

The main goal of the article is to formulate an approach to appraisal of managerial staff activity from the standpoint of manager’s working time as scarce resource and extent of efficiency of its utilisation, and the issue of optimal allocation of managerial load in the control system.