Manager's Professional Training in Russia: Syllabus and Technologies

Abstract

This article is devoted to manager's professional training in Russia (syllabus and technologies). The organizational management paradigm change resulting from global economy transformation in the XX-XXI centuries identified an urgent need for managers having intellectual and emotional potential, practical and intuitive reasoning, and key managerial competences. The analysis of management subject matter showed that in the constantly developing environment a manager must be not only the subject of the economic and industrial systems global modernization, but also an active coordinator of the team with the ability to pass his or her synergy to all the participants. As a result, recognizing all the significance of the competent manager's professional training led to the fact that it was made the top priority for the state. The objective of the article is to analyze the state of manager's training system in high national professional school, revealing its essence and particularities, determining the syllabus selection and structuring principles, and also identifying the technologies set.

Study of University Students’ Foreign Language Speech Activity Formation

“…Significant contribution to the development of theory and methods of intensification of a foreign language teaching was made by Gegechkori (1978), Kitaygorodskaya (1986), Lozanov (1979), Passov (2000), Plesnevich (1977) and Petrusinsky (1987). The problem of increasing the effectiveness of bilingual education was studied by Gabdulhakov (2014), Harisov (1998), Galishnikova (2012), Valeev (2013), Sabirova (2013) and Baklashova (2014). Great contribution to the study of psychological and linguistic characteristics that determine the formation of foreign language speech activity of students was made Belyaev (1965), Bim (1997), Gez (1974), Passov (2000), Shcherba (1974), Oller (2014), Stevick (1990), Shrum and Glisan (2004) and Rivers (1968).…”

Continuity as an Important Component of Lifelong Learning (On the Example of Foreign Language)

“…Along with the positive aspects, one should point to contradictions which are important for national system of professional training which include: 1) contradiction between actual needs of Russian economy and production and requirements set by the state and society to students receiving undergraduate degrees; 2) contradiction between quick development of the country's industry and inability of the country and higher vocational schools to react well-timed to these challenges when selecting and structuring syllabus, as well as when selecting pedagogical technologies; 3) contradiction between application of foreign practices in training and current environment in Russia (Baklashova T., 2014) As Denby (1997) believes. We absolutely agree with this point of view and think that for our students the main duty is to study, to expand their knowledge and gain practical skills in accordance with the selected profession in order to be ready for lifelong learning that corresponds to the society's demands.…”

Metacognitive awareness of TOEFL reading comprehension strategies

“…The rising demand for exchange and mobility programs as well as double diploma opportunities offered by many leading universities all over the world are becoming a growing concern and major challenge for education policymakers and researchers [2,12] worldwide as it plays an increasingly important role in creating global educational environment [8, 13, 14 and 15] highlighting the importance of ESL (English as a Second Language) proficiency.…”