INTERACTION OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AS A SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP

Abstract

In the article the author studies some theoretical and methodological aspects of improving stakeholdership as a social partnership in education. A detailed understanding of the definition of a stakeholder for analysis of the stakeholder theory specifics has been provided. The analysis in some foreign sources determines the two main aspects of the notion: the positions of interest of representatives from external and internal environment, as well as their relationships with the organization. The author fulfilled comparative analysis of approaches to improve social partnership in relations of a higher educational institution with stakeholders; considered the main functions in organizing relations of a higher educational institution with stakeholders, as well as their identification, prioritization, and planning measures as to the relationships, monitoring the level of satisfaction with the interaction. Some basic principles of forming the system of managing the relationships in the process of interaction of stakeholders with a higher educational institution have been analyzed. Along with the methodological specifics of considering stakeholdership, the author provided the algorithm of involving stakeholders in interaction with a higher educational institution, which includes the three working processes of relationships: building, support and reorganization. A sequence of the algorithm for involving stakeholders in interaction with a higher educational institution based on the satisfaction of mutual interests has been proposed. The set of stakeholders of various social institutions and enterprises has been determined: founders, investors, suppliers, NGO’s, scientific organizations, scholars, academics, the state, competitors, mass media, public figures, parents, graduates, students, even applicants etc. It has been established that under conditions of stakeholders’ relationships with a higher educational institution the positive factor is socialization and adaptation of future specialists in their professional environment, building their career trajectory. Partnership of stakeholders with higher educational institutions allows assessing the quality of potential human resource upon the early stages of future specialists’ training.