GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL

The historical path of the scientific school of human resources management and socioeconomics begins in the mid-1960, when the Department of Labor Economics and Logistics was established at the Kyiv Institute of National Economy. At different stages of the path of cognition and awareness of the multidimensional and dynamic world of work, the department's scientists deepened scientific and pedagogical traditions, were in constant innovative search for imperatives to regulate social and labor relations and socialize labor. In 1970, the School of Economics, Organization and Labor Standards was founded by such well-known specialists as V.P. Makhnarylov, H.T. Zavinovska, V.M. Danyuk, V.M. Petiukh, V.I. Chernov, L.P. Kerb, A.O. Laskavy, O.V. Aksenova, E.I. Olenych. Over the past six decades, the first in Ukraine National Scientific and Educational School of Socioeconomics and Human Resources Management has helped thousands of young people from Ukraine and a number of countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and America to master the art of management science in the field of labor. The formation of the modern scientific school of human resources management and socioeconomics took place at the turn of the 2000-2010.

Since 2003, when the scientific school was headed by Doctor of Economics, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, intellectual leader A.M. Kolot, scientists have been focusing their efforts on conducting fundamental and applied research aimed at obtaining and using new knowledge on the problems of personnel management and labor economics, developing a scientific concept of socio-economic development of the country in the context of ensuring the priority of human development, bringing scientific knowledge to the stage of practical.

The scientific achievement and characteristic feature of the research of scholars of this school of thought was the departure from the ideas of neoliberalism, which abstracts from the socio-economic context against the background of technological progress, the development of information technology and artificial intelligence. Dynamically developing in line with the priority of socialization of the economy, integrating the creative search of Ukrainian scientists, representatives of this school have developed paradigmatic provisions of decent work and human capital as a strategic task of modernizing the social and labor sphere in the context of the formation of a new economy and post-industrial society.

Since 2010, the scientists of the scientific school of labor economists have been actively publishing their scientific works in the collection of scientific papers “Social and Labor Relations: Theory and Practice”, which in 2013 received the status of a professional journal. Issues of the collection are posted on the official website of the Vernadsky National Library, in the Institutional Repository of the Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, and since 2015 it has been indexed in Google Scholar, JournalTOCs, and Copernicus. This collection is devoted to the issues of the current state and development of social and labor relations; new challenges and trends in the development of social policy; compensation policy in the system of social and labor relations; human resources management; knowledge management at the macro and micro levels; socialization of the labor market in Ukraine; dialectic of flexible forms of employment; intellectualization of labor potential; ensuring social responsibility of business; investing in human capital; social cohesion, trust, social capital.

Representatives of the school took an active part in the creation of the Institute of Social and Labor Relations of the Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, whose main goal is to carry out fundamental and applied research on social and labor issues at the micro, macroeconomic, European and global levels.

THE MAIN BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH IS CARRIED OUT IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

- formation of state social policy, improvement of living standards, overcoming poverty and formation of the middle class in society, reforming social protection of the population;

- scientific development of innovative models, mechanisms, methods and processes of labor management and regulation of relations in the labor sphere;

- formation of institutional foundations and mechanisms for regulating the social and labor sphere in the context of global challenges;

- formation of institutional framework for labor market transformation in the global information economy, management of migration processes;

- deepening the methodology and improving the practice of building organizational and economic mechanisms and tools for regulating employment and unemployment in the context of globalization;

- elaboration of proposals for the development of the institution of social partnership as a regulator of social and labor relations;

- essence, genesis, modern forms of social capital;

- development of socio-economic mechanisms to ensure decent work, management of efficiency and productivity;

- state, analysis of development trends and justification of directions for improving compensation policy, labor incentives, labor standardization, organization of wages, introduction of social packages;

- development of mechanisms and tools for HR management at the stages of the organization's development life cycle, etc.

In recent years, the school's scientists have been involved in research and development:

- “Socialization of labor relations in the context of sustainable development of Ukraine” (2007-2009);

- “Innovative mechanisms of labor management in the context of the formation of the knowledge economy” (2009-2011);

- “Development of relations in the field of labor and social and labor infrastructure” (2006-2010);

- “Research of labor remuneration problems: comparative analysis (Ukraine and EU countries)” (January-April 2008);

- “Labor in Ukraine: the need for qualitative changes for social efficiency and decent life” (January-March 2010);

- “Practice of regulation of social and labor relations at the sectoral level of Ukraine: analysis of the structure and content of sectoral agreements” (2012);

- “Innovative model of competencies of personnel management specialists in the context of the formation of a modern human capital management strategy” (2012-2013);

- “Social and labor relations in the modern Ukrainian economy: state, development trends, regulation” (state budget topic, 2010-2015);

- “Strategy of social revival, social cohesion and welfare of citizens as a national idea of Ukraine” (on the initiative of the Institute of Social Protection of Citizens, April-June 2014);

- “Prospects for the development of the trade union movement in Ukraine” (commissioned by the Kyiv City Organization of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine, 2014);

- “Socio-economic mechanisms for ensuring decent work in the context of European integration processes and the innovation and investment model of economic development of Ukraine” (state budget topic, 2015-2017);

- “Improving the state-contractual regulation of labor remuneration and the mechanism for forming a compensation package and introducing a grading system” (2017-2019);

- “Employment model in the coordinates of the digital economy: new parameters and strategic vectors of transformation” (2019-2022);

- “Realizing the potential of young scientists in the integration of science, education, and business” (2020-2022);

- “Draft regulations for the organization of labor activity in an unstable global ecosystem” (2021-2023).

The Tempus project was implemented by the representatives of the scientific school, with V. Hetman Kyiv National Economic University acting as a coordinator. Project implementation period: December 2013 - December 2016. Among the active participants of international projects are S.O. Tsymbaliuk, who participated in the Erasmus+ Key Action 2 Project “Improving practice-oriented training of teachers of vocational education and training (ITE-VET)” №574124-EPP-1-2016-1-DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP (Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA), 2016-2018). ) and participate in the Erasmus+ Key Action 2 Project “New mechanisms for governance and standardization of vocational teacher education through partnerships in Ukraine” (PAGOSTE) No. 609536-EPP-1-2019-1-DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP (Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EAEA), 2020-2023).

In addition, cooperation has begun in October 2024 on the project Improving Job Search and Occupational Matching in a Turbulent Labor Market in Ukraine (Switzerland, University of Lausanne;). Developer of the international project “Distance Education for Future”, Proposal acronym: DEFEP Duration (months): 36 (01.01.2023-31.12.2025), Activity: ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE-STRAND-2 was H. Lopushniak; Smaliychuk H. V. collaborates with the Jagiellonian University (Poland), in particular, conducts joint research within the project “Refugee entrepreneurship and socio-economic adaptation: the case of Ukrainians in the Kraków agglomeration”, registration no: 2022/45/B/HS4/01960.

The most active researchers who disseminate their achievements in journals indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases are A. Kolot (h-index in the SCOUS database - 4), H. Lopushniak (h-index in the SCOUS database - 6, h-index in the Web of Science database - 3), S. Tsymbaliuk (h-index in the SCOUS database - 3) and others.

THE SCHOOL'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN EDUCATION SYSTEM

The scientists of the School of Socioeconomics and Personnel Management were among the first in Ukraine to introduce a competency-based approach to educational activities and to launch an interdisciplinary approach to research and teaching. In recent years, they have been actively working on the development of new regulations in the field of higher education in Ukraine. They have made a significant contribution to the implementation of the basic principles of the Bologna Declaration in the training of highly qualified specialists in economic fields of study.

Representatives of the scientific school initiated the introduction of new educational programs: “Human Resources Management, Social Sphere Management, and Social Management. The educational program “Human Resources Management” for the second (master's) level was recognized by the international community and received the Palme d'Or in 2022.

The developed author's courses ensure a high level of competitiveness of graduates. The academic staff is constantly improving the methodological support of the educational process in accordance with the latest achievements of scientific thought, taking into account current trends in the field of human resources management and socio-economics. The educational process involves innovations that have stood the test of time and proved their effectiveness: problematic lectures with elements of discussion with students of complex issues, learning from the experience of domestic and foreign companies in the development and implementation of HR policies, seminars, discussions, brainstorming sessions, business and role-playing games, round tables, case studies, modern training and information technologies using computer software, and final assessment of students' knowledge based on their current performance.

Graduates of many generations remember and appreciate the professional skills and humanity of their teachers with deep respect and sincere gratitude. Today, we can be sure that the reputation of the School of Socioeconomics and Human Resources Management will always be such that students and teachers will be proud to be involved in innovation, the leading edge of the science of decent work and the human worker as the center of the social and labor sphere.