MANAGERIAL PREPARATION OF ENGINEERS WITH EYES OF STUDENTS

The development of the economy at the present stage causes an increase in the requirements for the management training of future engineers. A graduate of engineering specialty should possess a complex of managerial skills and skills related to the management of the process of creation and operation of new products and systems, participation in various projects and effective communications. The purpose of the study is to study the attitude of graduates of engineering specialties to managerial skills and skills in the professional activities of an engineer. The research was carried out using the method of questioning graduates of management specialties of the University of Minin in 2016-2017. The study made it possible to assess the graduates' degree of mastery of managerial skills in the course of training at a university, to identify areas of managerial training, to which graduates of engineering specialties are interested, to describe the motives for mastering managerial skills and skills after graduation, to determine priority forms of additional managerial training from the positions of graduates of managerial specialties. Conclusions are drawn due to the need to form a comprehensive understanding of the specifics of managerial activities within the engineering profession, the high demand for managerial disciplines related to project management, quality management and innovation, the interest of graduates in formal ways of obtaining additional managerial training. The practical significance of the research is the possibility of applying the results in developing programs for additional managerial training for engineering specialties.