Improving the Interaction of an Employer with an Educational Organization: the Case of the Cluster «Construction»
https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.95.2.007
Abstract
The development of partnerships between educational institutions and businesses to enhance the quality of specialist training is becoming increasingly crucial given the skills shortage in the Russian labor market. This article examines the role of industry and regional clusters in fostering collaboration between employers and vocational education institutions.
The aim of this article is to identify the organizational potential of the cluster approach in the interaction between employers and educational institutions for training skilled workers.
The research methodology is based on the cluster approach, which allows for the identification of effective interaction mechanisms among participants in the educational process. The empirical basis of the study includes statistical data related to the implementation of the federal project «Professionalitet» and an analysis of the results of focus groups conducted among participants in the «Construction» cluster of the Sverdlovsk region.
The article presents the dynamics of the creation of educational and production clusters in the regions of Russia. Analysis of the focus group results revealed effective forms of interaction between educational institutions and employers, and provides an expert assessment of the quality of graduate training. The scientific novelty lies in the expert analysis of internal organizational problems of the «Construction» cluster, presented from the perspective of key enterprises in the region’s construction sector, the educational community, construction associations, and the Ministry of Construction of the Sverdlovsk region. The formulated recommendations will improve the interaction between education and the real sector of the economy to address the important state task of training highly qualified workers.
About the Authors
E. S. Marchenkov
Ural Institute of Management — a branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marchenkov Evgeny Sergeevich — Candidate of the Department of Personnel Management and Sociology
N. G. Chevtaeva
Ural Institute of Management — a branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Chevtaeva Natalia Gennadievna — Docto r of Sociological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Chair of Personnel Management and Sociology
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Marchenkov E.S., Chevtaeva N.G. Improving the Interaction of an Employer with an Educational Organization: the Case of the Cluster «Construction». Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2025;(2(95)):71-81. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.95.2.007
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