The work considers basic scientific and theoretical, and applied aspects of state and municipal management in Russia, and "hands-on" management as a separate method of management impact used by all levels of state and local authorities. The authors analyze reasons, legal basis, legitimacy, forms and methods of applying "handson procedures" in the management process, and estimate the level of their impact on social and economic life of the contemporary Russian society. The article defines the notion handson management and predicts possible consequences of expanding the practice of "hands-on procedures" both in the medium and long-term perspective.