Management of training personnel for the service sector of youth educational tourism
https://doi.org/10.35854/1998-1627-2022-4-377-387
Abstract
Aim. The work aimed, based on the analysis of current trends in the development of the service sector of youth educational tourism, to identify the conditions for effective management of personnel training for it with the maximum involvement of young people.
Tasks. The work was performed to characterize the current trends in the development of the service sector of youth educational tourism; consider the personnel training management model for this area, and justify the conditions for its effective application.
Methods. The trends in the development of the service sector of youth educational tourism, the personnel training management model for this area and the conditions for its effective application were considered using general methods of scientific cognition.
Results. Certain trends in the development of the service sector of youth educational tourism are registered, namely the increasing importance of youth educational tourism as a tool to meet the needs of young people in continuous self-development and raising the level of education and professionalism; lack of professional staff for the service sector under study; an increase in the role of programs of additional professional education and vocational training, the implementation of which requires the presence of a practical component at the enterprises of partneremployers; strengthening the role of volunteer communities, including with the involvement of professional young specialists.
Conclusion. The study revealed that the conditions for effective management of personnel training for the service sector of youth educational tourism include the systemic nature of personnel training, including in youth educational tourist centers operating under educational organizations; development of the volunteer movement at these centers as a contemporary tool for interacting with the consumer, monitoring the effectiveness of personnel training in the centers based on criteria-based assessments, managing risk factors as a guarantee of consumer safety.
About the Author
O. N. UtkinaRussian Federation
Oksana N. Utkina, PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
44A Lermontovskiy Ave., St. Petersburg 190103, Russia
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For citations:
Utkina O.N. Management of training personnel for the service sector of youth educational tourism. Economics and Management. 2022;28(4):377-387. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35854/1998-1627-2022-4-377-387