Social Management

Training of highly qualified professionals with knowledge and skills in the social sphere management: labor and employment, education, health care, culture, physical education and sports, tourism, public catering, etc., as well as implementing the strategic goals of social policy at public and municipal level, in social entities.

Advantages:

• Wide employment opportunities, demand on the labor market with possibilities to be employed in public bodies, in organizations and institutions in the social sphere
• Gaining knowledge, skills and competencies to address practical issues of strategic and tactical management in the social sphere
• Training of qualified professionals capable of carrying out strategic and social planning in their professional field
• Training of qualified professionals for social sphere both for state bodies, business and public sectors

CURRICULUM

• Methodology and Applied Methods of Research in Social Sphere
• Project Management in Social Sphere
• Strategic Management in Social Sphere
• Entrepreneurship in Social Sphere
• State Policy in Social Sphere
• Non-Governmental Institutions in Social Sphere
• Management of Insurance Extra-Budgetary Funds

Learning outcomes:

• Readiness to handle non-standard situations, bear social and ethical responsibility for decisions made
• Ability to create technologies to address complex management issues in critical situations
• Ability to use knowledge of methods and theories of the humanities, social and economic sciences in carrying out expert and analytical work
• Ability to plan and organize a public body activity, develop an organizational structure aligned with the strategy, goals, objectives, internal and external conditions of the public body activities, distribute functions, powers and responsibilities between performers
• Public speaking skills and the ability to communicate with public bodies, business and citizens

Research:

• Creating a system for assessing the quality of social services
• Developing a digital social services system
• Modern technologies for promoting social values
• Developing marketing communication strategies to address issues of promoting socially valued services
• Design of business processes for healthcare organizations
• Developing a system for independent assessment of educational services quality
• Developing of systems for digital interaction with consumers in non-profit social organizations

Career opportunities:

• Senior manager in social development departments of companies and enterprises
• Senior manager in social industry development and administration in public bodies
• Manager in social projects of public-private partnerships

Employers:

• State agencies and municipal entities of the social sector
• Executive authorities at federal and regional levels, municipal authorities: ministries, federal agencies, departments, committees for labor and social welfare, education, science, healthcare, culture, sport, youth policy
• State and non-state pension funds
• Social and health insurance funds
• Social responsibility departments of international and Russian companies

Admission requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree