Fostering Managerial Culture in Prospective Specialistsvia Digital Technology Integration
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14419/63n72v98Published
30-12-2025Keywords:
Digital Technologies; Digitalization of Management of Educational Institutions; Educational Process; Formation of Managerial Culture; Future Specialists; Hackathon; UniversitiesAbstract
The article analyzes legislative, regulatory, and legal documents that prove the relevance and significance of our research. The innovative principles of educational management that underpin the concept of digitalizing educational institutions' management are revealed. The role of mass open online courses of various directions and durations, MEO platforms, discussion methods, training courses, and hackathons in the practice of forming the educational development in universities for the formation of a management culture among future specialists is clari-fied. During the ascertaining experiment, respondents did not demonstrate the use of digital skills, and insufficient progress of skills and abilities to participate in digital interaction, implement technologies for digital management of an educational institution, and find alternative ways to resolve conflict situations was revealed. Therefore, the problem of creating innovative educational circumstances for the foundation of the managerial culture of specialists through the use of digital technologies arose, which, during the experiment, showed effectiveness and contributed to the optimistic changing aspects of the indicators of the formation of the phenomenon under study between respondents in the experimental groups.
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