Project-based learning as a tool for professionalization of future human resource managers

The article reveals project-based learning at the university from the point of view of its influence on professionalisation as a process of becoming a professional: formation of key general cultural and professional competencies; formation of interest in the profession among university students and subsequent adaptation to it; understanding the essence of their profession through solving specific problems of future activities and problems of individual organisations; development of critical thinking and creativity, etc. The goals and results of the project work of students of the Human Resources (hereinafter referred to as HR) Management Department of the State University of Management (Moscow) are described in detail: business game “Psychology in HR management”, career guidance chat bot for schoolchildren, well-being chat bot. The problems, to which the students’ efforts were directed within the framework of each project, are also identified, and the needs of consumers of the results of the project teams’ activities are characterised. At the same time, labour functions from the professional standard 07.003 “HR specialist” are indicated for each project, the development of which is precisely what the project work of future HR specialists is aimed at. It is noted that the results of students’ project work will be achieved only if there is an effectively organised university ecosystem of project-based learning.

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