The role and significance of education in the professionalisation process of modern managers

There were changes in management sphere as a result of transformation of the social and economic structure of the Russian society. Managers have formed a separate social stratum. Now they actively develop and their job becomes a profession. In this connection formation of the system of professional education for managers is of great importance. On the basis of the data received during sociological researches by revealing and analysing the main tendencies of formation and functioning of the social-professional group of managers in the urbanized conditions of the Republic of Buryatia it is possible to find out how much they value education. Higher education is an essential factor for management representatives. The educational level of regional managers is high enough - 89.3% of managers have higher education. 3.3% of them have a scientific degree (mainly it is the Candidate of Economics). It corresponds to the all-Russian situation. 90% of mangers have higher education in the Russian Federation on the whole. Technical education prevails. It is a good base for managerial activity as practice shows. Specialised education of regional managers is not an obligatory attribute for a successful career. Until recently managers have been deprived possibilities to receive professional managerial education because of the backwardness of the Russian system of business education. At the same time no necessity in specialised education has been caused by unclear market conditions when success of a business is defined by the possession of a developed informal network of acquaintances instead of professionalism. So functions of managers in business organizations are carried out by people who do not possess sufficient knowledge in the field of management in Buryatia. Nevertheless in spite of the fact that only a small part of representatives of management has special managerial education it is possible to notice that managers start to consider this type of education as a basic precondition of high professional mobility and competitiveness at the labour market. Such a tendency will considerably promote homogenization of the social-professional group of managers of the republic, as it is during the educational process that the comprehension of uniform group interests and belonging to the special professional group develops. The educational base becomes the platform for professional associations and communities

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