COMMUNICATION IN PROJECT ACTIVITIES OF THE TEACHING STAFF IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

Relevance. Project communication aims to ensure constant interaction among the teaching staff of vocational education institutions during the implementation of project objectives. Project management communication presupposes that all project participants are aware of the requirements and progress of step-wise execution of tasks within a project. Project activities ensure communication by implementing the functions and principles of project interaction.

Purpose. To describe modern approaches to the organisation of communication in project activities of the teaching staff at vocational education institutions.

Methods. Theoretical analysis in order to explore the research problems in the scientific literature and the status of project communication at vocational education institutions and to define research avenues; comparison in order to investigate different scientific approaches to resolving the problem; analysis and synthesis in order to justify the functions of communication and forms of project interaction.

Results. Communication in project activities of the teaching staff at vocational education institutions plays an important role, especially in coordination and project interaction. Communication in project activities takes the forms of project interaction, namely: functional, social, legal, administrative, associative, territorial, forced, dependent and tangent. The quality of project outcomes is affected by conflicts that may arise during the interaction among project participants and managers concerning the following issues: work schedule, financing, workload distribution, project management, technical (technological) support, task priority, distribution of resources, overload of project participants, etc. Project communication is based on the consideration of the following principles of project management: transparency of the project throughout its lifecycle; cooperation in the project environment (functional, social, legal, associative, territorial, tangent, hierarchical, etc.); project parties’ responsibility for the quality of their work.

Conclusions. Communication in project activities of the teaching staff at vocational education institutions is ensured by project participants along with the parties involved and stakeholders. The success of a project depends on the competence of its managers and their expertise: technical knowledge, critical thinking, communicative skills, ability to cooperate, teamwork and project coordination skills, experience of resource management, personal qualities, etc.