Development of communication culture of vocational schools managers

Abstract

The article deals with the applied aspects of the development of the culture of communication of modern managers of vocational education schools in the structure of their management activities. The research shows the content of the culture of communication of the vocational schools managers and the understanding of the phenomenon of communicative competence as the basic component of the culture of communication of the heads of vocational education schools. The essence of the notion «culture of communication» was considered. The results of the research aimed at studying the state of culture of communication, interests, needs and readiness of the heads of vocational schools to the development of culture of communication are presented.

The main attention in the article is paid to the diagnostics of the communicative competence of the heads of vocational and technical education schools. It was determined that the process of improvement of communicative competence is connected with the development of personality. The current head of vocational school in his field should own not only knowledge, skills and abilities, but also well-developed creative, communicative and other abilities. The development of culture of communication of the heads of vocational schools should encourage leaders to obtain psychological knowledge, a desire for self-improvement, and an awareness of the necessity to develop their own culture of communication.