Sociology of Management

Profession

Today sociology is an actively developing discipline, whose mastering at a high level provides with the skills to analyze the widest range of social problems, which, in turn, makes graduates of the postgraduate programme in sociological sciences unique and sought-after experts in various fields of social life.
The structure of the postgraduate programme includes a compulsory (basic) and optional parts. This provides the possibility of implementing several profiles of postgraduate programmes with different training specializations within one field of study.
The educational programme in field of study 39.06.01 “Sociological Sciences” is aimed at:
— training highly qualified scientific and research and teaching staff, forming and developing their competencies in accordance with the professional standard;
— final original scientific research that contributes to creating, expanding and developing scientific knowledge.

Educational Process

The postgraduate programme consists of several blocks.
Block 1. Disciplines. includes the disciplines of the basic part of the programme and the ones related to its variable part.
Block 2. Internships. fully refers to the variable part of the programme.
Block 3. Research. fully refers to the variable part of the programme.
Block 4. State Final Certification. is fully related to the basic part of the programme and results in conferring a degree of Researcher. Lecturer-Researcher.

Practice

The variable part of the programme includes various types of internships to obtain professional skills and professional experience (including mandatory teaching internship). Internships can be completed in the structural divisions of an organization. For people with disabilities, the choice of internship sites takes into account the state of health and accessibility requirements.

Career

Graduates of the postgraduate programme in Sociological Sciences in specialty 22.00.08 “Sociology of Management” have ample opportunities for professional self-fulfilment and career growth:
— production and applied activities, including the assessment of the effectiveness and consequences of social and economic policy, social expertise;
— managerial, educational, information and consulting work in government and administration, educational institutions (including teaching activities in educational programmes of higher education), culture, health care, in the field of social communication.
Graduates are successfully employed in various organizations:
— research centres (Romir);
— analytical companies (VTsIOM, GFK, Ipsos, Kantar TNS, Tiburon);
— educational and research institutions (Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUDN University, Federal Sociological Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RAS Institute of Sociology, Institute of Sociological and Political Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences);
— advertising and recruitment agencies (Video International, Dentsu Aegis Network);
— administrative institutions of federal and municipal authorities (Government of the Moscow region, MosoblDuma);
— international organizations (UNESCO);
— public organizations (National Associations Union of Moscow); and
— large international and domestic companies (Gazprom, Raiffeisen Bank, Adidas, Hame Foods, L'Oreal, 3M, etc.).