Submitted to the Department of management of the P. A. Stolypin Volga Institute of management - branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

The article is devoted to the history and activities of the Department of management of the Volga Institute of management named P. A. Stolypin - branch of the Russian Academy of national economy and state service under the President of the Russian Federation. The mission of the Department is training of competitive professionals in the field of strategic management, logistics, business planning, business Economics, innovation management, information technology management organization and other relevant areas of modern management that is able to introduce new technologies and working methods and to achieve maximum results in business. The Department is constantly expanding its teaching staff, attracting doctors and candidates of Sciences (including, in the past three years the Department staff was joined by such of the doctor of economic Sciences as T. N. Odintsova, S. A. Gusev, recognized scientific leaders in such research areas as logistics) and practitioners, allowing to minimize the gap between the competencies that emerging graduates in the learning process, and the requirements of the labour market, to improve the quality of training of graduates. Also in the article the basic educational programs implemented at the Department considering specialization (program specialist), profiles (for undergraduate) and the programs (for graduate programs). The Department is graduating of specialty 080705. 65, the direction of preparation 38.03.02 Management for "small business Management", "logistics and supply chain management, Business logistics and management" (bachelor degree), field of study 38.04.02 Management program "Management of logistical systems", in the direction of training 38.04.01 Economics program "Economics of firm and industrial markets". The main advantages of the current areas of training bachelor, specialist and include high quality education, innovative training methods, more practical orientation of training. The research activity of the Department is in the direction of "Socio-economic aspects of management of economic systems in the conditions of modernization of Russian economy" on the theme "enhancing the effectiveness of socio-economic systems in the conditions of economy of knowledge". The research activity of chair is directed on formation of economic and management models and mechanisms, which focus on different levels of socio-economic systems, from individual organizations to the Federal level, namely, for businesses and organizations of commercial and non-commercial orientation of different sectors and spheres of activity and socio-economic environment of the state as a whole that will improve the efficiency of managerial decisions and the competitiveness of organizations and regions. the research results are of practical use and are widely used in the educational process. Teachers of the Department take an active part in organizing and conducting intra-and inter-departmental round tables and conferences, the Department annual conference, the results of which formed the collection "Actual problems of management", thereby enhancing the scientific activity of the Department staff, students, undergraduates and graduate students. The activity of Department is directed not only on formation and development of the abilities to become a skilled and sought-after specialist, bachelor or master, but also on nurturing the personal qualities of the learners.