Relevant Problems of Personnel Training for The Real Sector of The Economy Based on The Competency-Based Approach in Education

Abstract

Specialists’ level of professional training gains special significance in modern economic conditions. This problem is also relevant to organizations of the real sector of the economy. The present article examines the problems of training personnel for various economy sectors related to the competency approach adopted in the education system. Increasing the level of training of managerial personnel while accounting for industry characteristics and their specialization profile is noted to be one of the priority directions of work. The study is based on Russian practice in developing the country’s production potential and on the practice of scientific, technical, and economic development of foreign countries, particularly Japan, China, and others. The requirement of quantitative and qualitative staffing is an indispensable condition for the effective functioning and development of enterprises and organizations of all sectors and spheres of the national economy. In this regard, the goal of the present study is to identify, analyze, and summarize the positive and negative aspects of the competency approach to educational practice. Attainment of the set goal is based on the methodological approaches to the assessment of the existing educational system and the methods of comparative analysis of general economic consequences of such changes from the employer’s perspective. The scientific result of the study is the ways of resolving the identified problems suggested by the authors from the point of both the employers and the directions of the professional activity of higher and secondary special educational institutions. In particular, it is suggested to create corporate training centers at large organizations, the ideology of which would be based on improving the professional level of employees in accordance with the established qualification requirements.