Socialization of a personality under the conditions of globalization and informatization of the society

Introduction. Modern society urgently needs socially competent specialists, who are able to quickly adapt to the changing life circumstances, ready to solve new tasks, interested in developing their professional efficiency, planning their future and ready to take responsibility for their decisions. Research methodology. The problem of personal social competency development is of an interdisciplinary character, and, in contrast to the problem of general competency development and professional competency in particular, the directions of social competency development have been introduced in the study relatively recently. Scientific literature suggests approaches which enable to give the essence characteristic of this phenomenon and build a model: a) a complex of social knowledge, skills, personal awareness of social processes; b) social interaction, personal ability and readiness for it, the skill to build relationships with other people and social organizations in the real life and work situations; c) a personality's integral characteristic, which is formed in the process of education; d) the goal and the result of implementing special developing and educating programs in educational establishments. Research results. Comparative analysis allowed us to establish components of social competency: personal component, social component, cognitive component, axiological component. Discussion. In students' social competency development, the most relevant are active teaching methods. We view the tutorial Simulated Company, which was tested during the research period on different educational levels, as a systemized complex of operation methods. Conclusion. Effective personal socialization should be viewed in the context of the competency approach, which comprises essence characteristics of competency, professionalism, qualification and personality. © 2018.