Professional communities in human resources management

Abstract

The paper discusses the opportunities of professional communities in the sphere of HR management to design and develop the system of professional qualifications. It describes the nature of professional communities and identifies their advantages for public policy. The study provides the results of HR specialists quantity analysis, presents the conclusions of the monitoring of HR professional communities in Russia, determines their readiness to develop the system of professional qualifications in the country. The monitoring included 97 Russian professional communities in HR management. Websites of professional communities have been analysed; the experience of community members has been studied; results of the survey among communities’ members held in 2010-2016 are presented. This research helped to identify several new and relevant activities of Russian professional communities in HR management, such as development of an independent qualification assessment and updating of educational programs in higher educational establishments.