Comprehension as a Component of the Future Leader’s Professional Competence in the Field of Innovative Management of Educational Institution (as Far as the Leaders` Activity at Educational Institutions of the Carpathians)

Abstract

The author analyses philosophical, linguistic, psychological, sociological andmanagement approaches to the content of comprehension and peculiarities of comprehension as aconstituent of the future leader`s professional competence in the innovative management of theeducational institution. The problem under consideration is sure to be relevant due to the questionelaboration connected with the implementation of the innovative management means the exactawareness of the specific character of practical application of the new management forms at theeducational institution. The question of general terms is a constituent of the problem ofcomprehension. According to the national Frame of skills competence is a person`s ability toperform particular kind of activity via knowledge, comprehension, skills, values and otherpersonal qualities. In other words it is a dynamic combination of knowledge, comprehension,skills, values and other personal qualities. From this it can be concluded that comprehensionalongside knowledge, skills and values is the component of innovative management competence.Psychology treats comprehension as a complex analytic-synthatic mental activity which tends toreveal and realise the inner essence of the objects, processes and phenomena as well as links,relations, and dependence reflected in it. In the innovative management of educational institutionsmanagement decisions and problem solving activity, setting new objectives, tasks and methodspresuppose the necessity for changing the leader`s way of thinking. The subject of comprehensivesociology is adeliberateaction, connected with the subjective predictable sense. The development ofthe innovative e management competence is determined by the appropriate realization of all theaspects of the professional management. The Carpathians are famous for natural, ecological,technical, organizational, economic, social, cultural and ethnic peculiarities. The specific ones arethose which should be realized and taken into consideration by the leaders of educationalinstitutions in the Carpathians: their being densely populated, the distance between the places ofresidence and schools, household, unique ethnic and handicraft traditions.