Universal skills for the VUCA world: how to develop and evaluate? Experience of the All-Russian Olympiad “I am a professional”

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ALEXANDER LUKICH GAPONENKO^а
SERGEI VASILIEVICH RAEVSKY^а

^аRussian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

ANTONINA VALERIEVNA LANTSMAN^b

^bAV-CONSULTING, LLC

DOI: 10.22394/2070-8378-2022-24-2-75-79

Abstract:
The article examines different approaches to assessing new transformational changes in the educational sphere, determined by the general patterns of a rapidly changing VUCA world. By 2030, 14% of employees of organizations around the world may need to change careers and acquire new competencies. The problem of competency shortages will affect everyone – employers, students, and even entire families. Educational technologies are also changing. New approaches and innovative technologies are being developed in schools, universities, and corporate training. Most expert organizations, commissions, and councils involved in educational transformation agree that the new digital world needs a broader range of competencies, not just digital skills. In the sphere of higher education, the transformation of the educational process and the development of universal skills are especially relevant for students of management specialties such as “Management” and “Public Service”. The necessity to introduce into the process of both university and corporate training the new approaches and methods for assessing the universal competencies of future managers is obvious. At the same time, higher education institutions still focuse on acquiring contextual skills based on the so-called explicit knowledge, and not on developing universal skills.

Keywords:
public service, management, education, VUCA world, transformation, universal competencies, cognitive and practical skills

Received:
October 25, 2021

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