PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES OF USING GAME TECHNOLOGIES TO DEVELOP STRATEGIC THINKING IN FUTURE MANAGERS

Abstract

The article reveals the need to develop professionally significant qualities and abilities that increase the effectiveness of managerial activity of future managers. The complication of social, economic, technological processes that determine the importance of developing strategic thinking in students of the profile under consideration is actualized. A scientific review is conducted confirming the feasibility of using game technologies to improve the professional training of future managers. It is recommended to clarify the psychological and pedagogical features of using game technologies to develop strategic thinking in student managers. A systematization of game technologies is proposed, including board, computer and business games. Specific types of games that form strategic thinking of students are indicated. It is noted that they develop such components of strategic thinking of future managers as intellectual abilities, social qualities and professional skills. The article offers a description of these components of strategic thinking with a justification for the focus of gaming technologies on their development. Psychological and pedagogical features of the use of gaming technologies for the formation of strategic thinking in future managers are highlighted. They suggest a measured inclusion of gaming activities in the educational process to maintain students’ emotional involvement in learning; integration of board, computer and business games to develop intellectual abilities, social qualities and professional skills of future managers; taking into account the interests and inclinations of students when choosing and implementing specific types of games in the educational process. In conclusion, the article outlines the prospects for the development of the author’s idea, and proposes to expand the list of games for the formation of strategic thinking in future managers.