Professional Training for Structural Economic Transformations Based on Competence Approach in the Digital Age

Abstract

The intensive development of the society of the digital economy inevitably entails tasks in the field of knowledge management. Priority resources become information and knowledge, obtained on the basis of expert experience. Competencies that are competitive advantages in the market are innovation, competence, creativity, cognition. Therefore, the transition from the physical to the digital economy requires fundamentally new approaches in the sectors, and in production, and in education, training, formation and management of innovative human capital. The paper considers approaches, tools and mechanisms for students to develop innovative-oriented competences based on project training. The key moments in this approach should be the initiation and generation in the University Ideas, their prototyping, scaling and commercialization to the market.