Keyword: «research competence»

Technology intensive enterprises (TIEs) are experiencing a new stage of transformation of their activities influenced by the industrial revolution 5.0. Human centricity, the demand for digital, entrepreneurial and research competences (RC) in the labor market are the key ideas of the “Industry 5.0” concept that determined the current challenges for TIEs. The Russian Federation focuses on achieving technological leadership. It determines the technology intensive enterprises’ strategic objectives; their solutions call for specialists who should consider scientific research as the basis for their professional and personal development in the professional field. University graduates will replenish the intellectual potential of TIEs in the Russian economy leading sectors. In this regard, a future specialist’s participation in research activities conducted at the university is of particular importance. All of the above determines the relevance of the problem of a future specialist’s research competence development for TIEs under Industry 5.0. At the same time, the RC essence as a pedagogical phenomenon still remains insufficiently studied. Hence, it determines the research aim – to reveal the essence of a future specialist’s research competence for technology intensive enterprises under Industry 5.0. on the basis of the conducted theoretical analysis. The leading methodological approaches are competence-activity, person-centered and polysubjective approaches. The competence-activity approach specifies RC content concept as personal qualities to attain graduates’ professional potential in activities connected with TIEs’ problem solving. The person-centered approach associates RC with future specialists’ personal characteristics as prerequisites for their professional activity in the TIEs. The polysubject approach considers the influence of the modern TIEs’ characteristics on the RC content. The following theoretical results were obtained: TIEs’ characteristics influencing the research competence of a future specialist were identified; the pedagogical essence of research competence was revealed and the content of research competence concept was specified; the five-component structure of research competence was proposed. The practical significance of the article lies in the study of JSC “Russian Railways” as a technology intensive enterprise according to the highlighted characteristics that allow us to specify the content of structural components of research competence of a future specialist.