Digital Society and Transformation of Requirements for the System of Higher Qualification Specialists Training (Economic Sciences) on the Example of Russia and Belarus

Abstract

—The purpose of the article (research) is to determine the change (transformation) of requirements to the system of economic professional education at the level of training of specialists of higher qualification in conditions of digitalization of economy and society. The scientific novelty of the research consists in development of theoretical bases of state and public management of the system of professional economic education at the level of training of specialists of higher qualification in conditions of mixed economy and digital society. Author's contribution is equal. Modern methodology of social research based on the system approach was used to conduct the research, including methods of modeling, forecasting, comparison, systematization and periodization, formal-logic and statistical analysis, as well as instruments of included observation and scientific analysis of documents and results of activity. A comparison and analysis of the dynamics and main stages of development of the subsystem of higher qualification training in Russia and Belarus in the sphere of economics were made. The main problems and requirements to the results of training of highly qualified professionals in the field of economics in conditions of digital transformation of society and economy were formulated. The position of the system of training of specialists of higher qualification (economic sciences) as basic and infrastructural in the digital economy has been defined. The conceptual model of the system of training of specialists of the highest qualification (economic sciences) which is actual for a digital society is offered.