SYSTEMS LITERACY – А NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR INNOVATION MANAGERS AND ENGINEERS

The article presents the results of a study that confirms the high relevance of developing a new critical competence among specialists involved in technological modernisation and import substitution projects – systems literacy, which requires a holistic vision of the interdisciplinary relationships of complex systems. The authors demonstrate that systems literacy is based on systems thinking and systems engineering methodologies, which are particularly relevant to the development of sociotechnical systems that include components of different nature, and their operation throughout their life cycle. An analysis of the differences between engineering and management views of complexity has been carried out, justifying the need to train innovative teams that bring together specialists from different disciplines. The requirements for a new generation of educational products providing advanced training in engineering and economic skills necessary for the development of integrated solutions to complex problems are formulated, and the relevant experience of the Department of Energy and Industrial The management systems of the Ural Federal University, tested in the training of high-tech managers, are presented. The specificity of the application of systems literacy is illustrated by the example of the energy transition problem, which directly determines the achievement of technological sovereignty and involves deep transformations in various industries and market entities.

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