The purpose of the paper is to substantiate the expediency of diversifying educational services in the context of energy transformation and to highlight the modern approaches and teaching methods that contribute to the implementation of changes in the coal industry in the context of its reform to...

The article is devoted to the question of justifying the feasibility of acquiring competences in the field of waste management at the national, industrial, regional and individual levels. The purpose of the article is to characterize the state of waste management in Ukraine in the pre-war period, to summarize the experience of waste management in European countries, and to highlight the peculiarities of the formation of waste management skills in Ukraine in the post-war recovery period. Considering the dynamic of capital investments on environmental protection in Ukraine, it's sustained the necessity of addition measurements in the area of waste management in order to increase the results of this activity, namely by determining the basic skills waste management. The article examines the share of utilized waste in the total amount of waste generated by the regions of Ukraine. The analysis is complemented by an analysis of the dynamics of industrial production and it is concluded that in the conditions of a low share of waste utilization and the growth of the index of industrial production, it is necessary to develop waste management skills in industry. A study of the public's perception of the situation with waste management was conducted. Based on the generalization of domestic and foreign experience in waste management, the skills that are necessary for realization of all levels of the waste management hierarchy were considered, namely: skills for prevention of waste generation and its reduction, preparation for waste reuse, waste recycling and another types of waste disposal were highlighted.

The article substantiates the influence of globalization processes on the development of institutions of higher education that take place in the world. The foreign countries universities experience of internationalization processes is considered. The concept of strategic management as an effective technology of higher education institutions management, particularly in the sphere of international activity and the necessity of carrying out the university diagnostics using existing strategic analysis tools, is substantiated. The potential advantages and opportunities provided by the internationalization strategy for the development of domestic institutions of higher education are determined. The development of the university internationalization strategy is based on the development of students international academic mobility and scientific and pedagogical workers, stimulation of educational programs and scientific researches joint with foreign partners, which ensure the implementation of productive mechanisms for the integration of the higher education domestic institutions into the global scientific and educational environment. The main factors influencing the formation of the internationalization strategy and the principles on which the development of such a strategy for modern universities is based are established. The SWOT-analysis of domestic universities has been conducted and the main results of the research based on the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the international activity of higher education institutions are presented. This methodology of SWOT-analysis during developing the internationalization strategy allows combining the procedure of analytics and the procedure of choosing strategic alternatives. The SWOT-analysis matrix of strategic alternatives has been used to help the management of higher education institutions in formulating the internationalization strategy in the field of university international cooperation, which can be applied in such areas as internationalization of educational activities, internationalization of scientific activity, internationalization of social development. The main tasks of internationalization in Ukrainian higher education institutions and the expected results from the implementation of internationalization strategies in domestic universities are singled out.

The article examines the issue of strategic flexibility of higher education institutions in modern conditions. The relevance of the study of the strategic flexibility of higher education institutions in the formation of competitive goals in conditions of change is determined by modern trends in the competitive advantages of higher education institutions; adaptation of flexible development strategies; partnership cooperation with European universities; increasing the competitiveness of the teaching staff; diversification of new areas of scientific activity and new opportunities for development. In the process of writing a scientific article, various general scientific research methods are used. An analysis of the development strategies of four institutions of higher education was carried out, namely, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), Lviv Polytechnic (Lviv, Ukraine), Mining and Metallurgical Academy named after S. Staszyca (Krakow, Poland), Poznań Polytechnic (Poznań, Poland). The conducted analysis showed that the most important element is the goals and objectives, and their components are determined primarily not by strategic planning due to the improvement of the quality of education and the positioning of higher education institutions as a competitive market of educational services, it’s the adaptation to market conditions, the formation of a competitive specialist capable of working at the international level, the search and attraction of consumers, analysis of activities of educational institutions, analysis of provision of educational services to consumers, diversification of educational activities in order to enter the European market of educational services. The practical value of the research lies in the thorough analysis of development strategies for the implementation of flexible management of institutions of higher education in a changing, flexible and competitive environment. Strategic flexibility will allow to form a new environment of “VUKA” and “BANI”, because in difficult conditions, competitiveness of the university is quite important.

Впровадження менеджменту знань в компанії є важливим аспектом сучасного підходу до процесу управління і передбачає не просто створення відповідної одиниці в структурі управління. Важливим фактором при цьому є поступова трансформація організаційної структури, корпоративної етики та інформаційної системи всієї компанії на основі нових ініціатив та технологій в єдиний злагоджений механізм, здатний генерувати інноваційні управлінські рішення та стратегії. Обумовлено важливість впровадження менеджменту знань в компаніях адже це перехід до безпосередніх дій, в яких передбачено своєчасне та ефективне використання інформаційних ресурсів для прийняття управлінських рішень. Запропоновано використовувати традиційні методи стратегічного аналізу, такі як STEEP-аналіз і діамант М. Портера і модель з управління змінами Надлера-Ташмана для досягнення бажаного стану компанії. Доведено, що важливим аспектом впровадження менеджменту знань в організації є перехід до безпосередніх дій, зокрема, це своєчасне та ефективне використання інформаційних ресурсів для прийняття управлінських рішень. Процес впровадження знань через управління змінами має складатися із таких основних елементів, як: ціль управління знаннями, розташування ресурсів знань, отримання знань, розвиток знань, обмін знаннями та їх поширення. Отримані теоретичні дослідження показали, що напрямами дослідження щодо методології розробки і застосування представлених інструментів та методів менеджменту знань в процесі впровадження управління змінами в компанії носять важливу складову. Разом з тим, визначено, що менеджмент знань, це базова технологія сучасного управління, і впровадження загальної концепції бізнес-інжинірингу компаніями де є чітка ідентифікація діяльності на стратегічному рівні, включаючи її функціональні завдання та процеси, а також побудова стратегічної бізнес-моделі компанії. Тому менеджмент знань відіграє вагому роль в  процесі управління змінами і обрана тема статті є актуальною як в науковому, так і в прикладному аспектах.