The entrepreneurial way of thinking as the basis of the efficient training of the engineer of the new generation

The article deals with the entrepreneurial way of thinking as the basis of the efficient professional activity. There is introduced the concept of the “entrepreneurial thinking”. There are revealed the qualities of the personality that are necessary for the development of the entrepreneurial thinking. The authors define that these qualities include the motivational readiness, the professional direction, the acmeological focus and the internal locus of control.