Keyword: «student group»

In the context of the global transformation of higher education, there is a growing trend towards the atomization of the student environment, which significantly reduces the effectiveness of traditional administrative and directive methods of managing academic groups. A formal approach often ignores the adaptation stress of first-year students and hinders their engagement. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find new, flexible tools of pedagogical management capable of ensuring the value-driven and meaningful unity of the collective. The purpose of the article is the theoretical substantiation and development of a synergetic model of team building for a student group, based on the extrapolation of macro-level ideas of state administration from the ancient Chinese treatise "Guan-zi" to modern curator practice. The methodological basis of the research consists of systemic, hermeneutic, and cross-cultural approaches. The method of pedagogical modeling was used to construct the author's three-stage collective management technology. Research results and scientific novelty. For the first time, the effectiveness of applying the principles of "relying on people" and the "harmony of law and ritual" (the "Guan-zi" treatise) in the practice of micro-level pedagogical management has been proven. The isomorphism between ancient Chinese managerial wisdom and the modern tasks of the curator in overcoming the atomization of the student environment is revealed. The authors have developed a three-stage synergetic model of team building, including: 1) the diagnostic-adaptive stage, where the curator-tutor addresses the basic security and adaptation needs of first-year students; 2) the organizational activity-oriented stage, aimed at the self-organization of the group's active core with the support of the curator-facilitator; 3) the value-self-management stage, in which the curator, as a spiritual mentor, ensures the interiorization of norms and the harmony of law and ritual. Theoretical and practical significance. The theoretical significance lies in expanding the conceptual apparatus of pedagogical management through the introduction of cross-cultural managerial strategies. The practical significance consists in developing specific algorithms for the curator's actions, allowing for a transition from rigid control to soft mentorship and the development of students' agency, which ultimately ensures the autonomous functioning and sustainability of the group.