Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-7671 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1948 (Online)


organization

Secondary vocational education in Russia: Previous challenges and new goals of state policy

Introduction. The article deals with the policy of the modern Russian state in the sphere of secondary vocational education (SVE). Theoretical analysis. Based on the analysis of sources the state of the modern system of secondary vocational education, objective conditions and contradictions of modern modification are shown. The urgency of radical transformations in the work of SVE organizations highlighted.

To a Problem of Spirituality in Organization

raised, and the concept of «spirituality» is analyzed in scientific term. The author discusses religious-, secular- (mind, creativity), ethics-based approaches to spirituality, and separates concepts of «spirituality» and «morality». Modern theories of organizational psychology such as «workplace spirituality», «spiritual leadership» and «spiritual intelligence» are observed in this article. A special role of spirituality in forming of organizational effectiveness and individual contentment of personal activity is emphasized.

Positive organizational psychology: Foreign research review (valuable past, relevant present, and possible future)

Introduction. The article is a review of foreign studies carried out in line with positive organizational psychology - a field of interdisciplinary scientific knowledge whose purpose is to study the factors that lead a person and an organization to prosperity. The article identifies the key them a tic blocks included in the semantic field of modern positive organizational psychology. Theoretical analysis.