Teamwork culture as a competitive advantage for the head of a general education organization
The relevance of the study is emphasized by the high demands of participants in educational relations to the quality of education. The review of publications of foreign and domestic science has shown that effective professional activity is based on the teamwork of specialists. This statement also applies to general education organizations. The school in a highly competitive environment has to maintain and improve its position. The school must ensure that the quality of education is high, in order to achieve this goal. The competitive advantage of the head of the school is his/her transition to a managerial approach to management. One of the key positions of this approach is teamwork. The head needs to improve his/her own teamwork culture to effectively target work of the teaching staff. The conducted research of pedagogical workers has shown that in general education organizations teamwork is not used intensively enough to solve professional problems. This is due to the fact that the majority of managers are not fully focused on the self-development of teamwork culture. Therefore, the author of the article proposed several conditions that contribute to the development of this personal and professional quality. The author of the article recognizes the leading factor is the professional training of the head of the educational organization in the team forms. It also provides opportunities for the manager to participate in project activities at various levels. Another condition is the inclusion of the head of the school in various networked professional communities. The necessity of developing the culture of teamwork is justified which is a competitive advantage of the head of the educational organization.