Up-to-date engineering management education

Aviation and aerospace industry is going through critical changes. Lack of administrative competences does not al- low us to develop the industry efficient model. The main challenging trends are lack of work experience under the con- ditions of international cooperation and global competition, underestimation of significance of international accredita- tion and the importance of competences in selling and service, lack of competences in supply chain management and development of suppliers, establishing new cooperation ties based on long-term and partnership grounds, inefficient corporate management in the integrated industrial structures. The research presents an approach to train professional managers for aviation-aerospace industry taking into account current tendencies and industry demands. The researchers have formulated the main requirements to train pro- fessional managers for the industry: the basic professional education with specialization in the sphere where a com- pany/enterprise functions, specialization in management providing the grounds for business process management, scientific focus or even expert knowledge at the level of a candidate of science, the great focus on organization pragma- tist games, forming a business process impact and distinction. The research demonstrates a current vision of the training process for a professional manager for aviation and aerospace industry. The first stage is a basic education in one of the leading aerospace university in the country result- ing in a bachelor degree. The second stage is a master degree in management. The third stage is post-graduate educa- tion and dissertation defence in the field of an enterprise specialization. Moreover, the sphere of scientific interests can be defined at the 2-nd or 3-d years of a bachelor programme. The compulsory requirement to the educational process at the second stage is a training methodology in a form of organization pragmatist games. The concept is proposed to realize as a training programme for the industry management staff based on the leading aerospace universities of the country commanding a complete spectrum of technical specializations and a department responsible for managers training. The approach is universal and can be applied to train professional management for different industries.