Sociological analysis of education as a system of intellectual capital formation in the information society

The paper presents the analysis of the higher education sociological support that is aimed at solving the social and managerial tasks of development of a society as a system of knowledge and cultural forms, considering the requirements of the knowledge economy. In the conditions of the knowledge-based information society, the process of creating and transmitting knowledge and intellectual capital becomes the central subject of research in sociology of management, reflected in the high relevance of sociological support for educational activities.