Characteristics of Functional and Role Positions of Managerial Personnel of Education Institutions in Today’s Society

Abstract

The article provides findings of the research dealing with the system of developing managerial personnel of education institutions, which is still going on. The goal of this research is to reveal characteristics of functional and role positions of managerial personnel in education institutions in today’s society. The author specifies the notions of ‘position’, ‘function’ and ‘role’ of managerial personnel in education institution, characterizes functional and role positions of managerial personnel in education institutions as an entity of today’s society development, provides recommendations aimed at designing the system of developing managerial personnel in education institution in accordance with revealed functional and role positions. The source base of the research was formed by official statistic data of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education of the Orenburg region, the Institute of Qualification Upgrading and Professional Re-Training of Workers of Education in the Orenburg State Teacher-Training University, as well as findings of previous research of managerial workers of the education system in the Orenburg region. The article uses general methods of cognition: systematic and functional approach, special methods of research, sociological (document analyzing, observation, survey, questionnaires, experiment, method of experts’ assessment) and statistic methods. Testing of theoretical conclusions was conducted in 2015–2018 within the education system of the Orenburg region.

Keywords

• society
• education system
• education institution
• managerial personnel
• functional and role positions
• managerial functions
• social roles
• managerial competence
• system of personnel development