Personnel training in Russia: response to modern challenges and threats in the context of digitalization of the economy

¹ Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 117997, Stremyanny lane 36, Moscow, Russia
² Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russia, Leningradsky Prospekt 49, Moscow, 125993, GSP-3, Russia

Abstract

The article discusses the results of a study conducted at the Research Institute “New Economics and Business” of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. University science, the system of university research is a modern form of integration of science and digital technologies. The development of the research methodology and the transformation of personnel training for the Russian economy, taking into account the emerging risks and threats to business, society and the state, is one of the priority areas of university research. The rapid development of digital technologies not only opens up opportunities for achieving the goals of sustainable socio-economic development, but also creates threats and risks, including of an ethical nature. It allows us to link positive trends and the growth of sustainable development from the widespread use of digital resources, tools and technologies, as well as possible risks and threats associated with it. According to the authors, the answer to the risks and threats that have arisen can only be a deep complex transformation of the entire domestic personnel training system. Only a digital educational ecosystem is able to form a modern specialist with high adaptability and self-learning. The circumstances considered in the article determine the relevance of such studies and indicate the need for digital transformation of personnel training for the Russian economy in the current socio-economic conditions.