Professional development programmes for university administrators as one of the tools for achieving university’s strategic goals

Using the experience of HSE the authors look into the main principles of creating development program for administrative and managerial staff which is synchronized with strategic aims of the university. The main aim of the article is to demonstrate how to take into account the requirements to the universities in a global and quickly changing environment on the one hand and unique tasks and conditions on the other hand when creating such a program. The article looks into key characteristics of administrative environment which sets certain requirements to personal qualities and professional competencies of university administrative employees. The article presents main principles of development program design for university administrative staff which take into consideration unique aims, organizational structure and culture of a particular university and allow for creating adaptive administrative environment capable of quickly and effectively reacting to changes according to university tasks. The article demonstrates the experience of HSE in creating administrative staff pool, demonstrates key principles of the program, their role in creating opportunities for obtaining necessary experience by program participants and providing feedback between program participants, executives and university community.