The relevance of the problem at issue in the article is due to the need to develop multifunctional
competence of future managers of hotel and touristic system: these managers face tough competition
for jobs, have to know modern information and communication tools, hotel and tourism business,
that is, have multifunctional competences. However, universities still do not have a single integrative
(interdisciplinary) basis for training such specialists, there is no package of training information
and technical means, strategies and technologies of training, sound organizational and pedagogical
conditions.
The purpose of the study: basing on the analysis of organizational and pedagogical conditions for
training specialists for professional activities in the sphere of hotel service and tourism to determine
the content, structure, features for developing multifunctional competence of future specialists.
The research methodology is based on the concept of key competence. This methodology involves
systematization, classification of significant (key, resultant, autonomous, etc.) problems; developing
on this basis the matrix of significant problems and defining the overall strategy, technology
management process of professional development.
The novelty of the research is that the matrix of significant problems of master’s training of future
specialists for working in the sphere of hotel service and tourism has been developed; strategies and
technologies for developing their multifunctional competence have been defined.
The results of the study are implemented in the form of content, structure and organizational and
pedagogical conditions for the preparation of future specialists to work in the sphere of hotel and
tourism services.
Keyword(s) : structure
Personality correlates of the regulation of mental States of students
Abstract
Representations of an individual’s mental states are dynamic, and possesses both structure and form.
Building a clear image (mental impressions) of the desired mental state allows you to develop an
effective strategy of self-regulation. The study identified possible mechanisms of control of mental
States through their representation in the mind (mental representation) and the relationship with
personal characteristics of the subjects. Various techniques were used including: the five-factor
personality test McCrae – Costa «Magnificent five», the technique of self-identity (Budassi), and
the «The mental state Relief» questionnaire (Prokhorov). The article explores the mechanisms of
regulation of mental conditions, and personal characteristics which determine the specificity of
mental representations of mental States using various indicators of the States (mental processes,
physiological reactions, feelings and behavior). It identifies the structure of relationships formed by
divergent and coherent relationships, and their organization and connectedness. Diverging signs
form the structure of mental representations of negative mental state. It shows that self-esteem is
a major cause of the formation of mental representations of actual and positive mental States. The
results can be used for developing techniques of regulation and self-regulation of mental States.
Research competence: basic characteristics of the concept
Depending on what the concept is put into the base (competence, research activities), there are two approaches to the defi-nition of “research competence”; based on the main provisions of system-dynamic theory, the author proves the structure of the research activities competence, including a sequence of four interrelated components (indicative, creative, conversion, control); the basic properties (flexibility, multifunctionality, multidimensionality, preclusiveness, innovation) and identifies major features (methodological, developing, axiological, cultural) research competence.