Features and Problems of Forming Teams of Strategic Projects of Russian Universities

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Russian universities are involved in the processes of transformation of higher education, which determines the high importance of developing and implementing transformational strategies. In the strategies, universities lay down priority programs and projects for academic leadership and taking strong competitive positions. To implement these programs and projects, teams are required that are able to accept and implement strategic goals, tasks and challenges of the competitive environment. The formation of such teams for strategic projects occurs spontaneously. There are no effective methodologies and methods for forming university project teams. Our research is aimed at overcoming this problem, the purpose of which is to substantiate the specifics of university project teams, identify problems in the formation of these teams and develop ways to eliminate problems. The study was conducted in 2020–2021 using the case study method. The cases of three universities from different regions of Russia are analyzed. The expert survey method was also used. A total of 75 experts representing the universities selected for the study were interviewed. The results of the study were: a list of specific features of university strategic development project teams; a set of problems of forming strategic project teams, recommendations on ways to overcome these problems, taking into account the specifics of university project teams in the recommendations. The directions of improving the formation of teams of strategic projects of universities have been developed. The novelty lies in the role and competence models of strategic project teams adapted to the conditions of universities.