Humanitarian education and knowledge management in globalization conditions: towards the definition of problem

In the article the problem of a specific character and value humanitarian components of knowledge management in modern conditions is considered. The importance of this topic is caused by globalization and its influence on economic, political, social and cultural changes firstly, and dehu-manitarization i.e. decrease of humanities value in modern Russian higher school, secondly. The subject of analysis is the higher education (content and the principles) and technologies of knowledge management in the globalization conditions. First of all, the necessity of cultural studies of the globalization is pointed. Thus, in the humanities area of attention there are new strategy of the person behaviour and activity, new levels of management and forecasting, new type of the person. «The person of Ше globalization epoch» is characterized by skill to adapt for variations of social, cultural and the information environment, capacity to form relations on principles of respect, openness and tolerance, readiness for constant self-development. New humanitarian paradigm, integrating results of various disciplines in comprehension of the global world realities and called up to define the person's world-view in the XXI century, is able to form such qualities. Among the most important ideological components of this paradigm innovation strategy of continuous education takes especial place. Realization of this educational strategy, as a way of the mankind problems decision and as the basis of social and cultural progress, requires the development of new knowledge management technologies. Knowledge management should stimulate cognitive activity of the person and develop his professional and personal competences. The key position in this process belongs to humanitarian education which tasks include not only "transfer" of knowledge, but formation of new type person. Tomsk State University еexperience shows, that creation and actualization of special humanitarian (in particular, cultural) educational programs, helps graduates to be success in professional sphere and a public life. So, for instance, the program «Forming of professional, personal and general cultural competences by means of cultural science - Student of XXI century» directed on the development of tolerance, creativity, communicative competence for students, can be an example of efficient knowledge management in the higher school.

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