Developing professional competencies of students majoring in public and municipal administration

the relevance of the problem of developing professional competencies among students in the "State and Municipal Administration" program is determined by the need for highly qualified managers in the public service, economy, and industry. A significant contribution to the study of the psychological analysis of professional activities and the selection of managerial personnel was made by scholars: Ananyev B.G., Gavrilov V.E., Gellershtein S.G., Heron E., Gordon V.M., Derkach A.A., Dmitrieva M.A., Zabrodin Yu.M., Zinchenko V.P., Ivanova E.M., Klimov E.A., Loos V.G., Platonov K.K., Sukhodolsky G.V., Talyzina N.F., Ageev V.S., Aunapu F.F., Black S., Blyakhman L.S., Zhuravlev A.L., Kulagin B.V., Laptev L.G., Levitov N.D., Marishchuk V.L., Menshikov A.I., Nikiforov G.S., Syedin S.I., Tarasov V.K., Wells W., Burnett J., Moriarty S., Filippov A.V., Shadrikov V.D., and others. The study was conducted among students of the 1st–4th years (80 people) and master's students of the 1st–2nd years (33 people). The methods used were: the "Study of Personality Motivational Profile" by Sh. Richie and P. Martin, "Communicative and Organizational Abilities," R. Amthauer's intelligence structure, a questionnaire, case tasks for identifying leadership abilities. Results: the dominant motives are social contacts, stable interaction, salary; their expression increases with age. Communicative and organizational abilities are above average, especially among fourth-year students. Development factors: external (socio-economic situation, organization of the educational process, socio-developmental environment at the university, competence of teachers, social environment); internal (personal characteristics of students: motivation, value orientations, intelligence, professionally important qualities, diligence, purposefulness, self-organization skills, and adequate self-esteem). A program for developing professional competencies was developed. Effectiveness increases when using a complex of training sessions, case tasks, and group project activities aimed at team cohesion and leadership development.

development, professional competencies, students, training programs, state and municipal administration