Social engineering: challenges and opportunities

Abstract

Social engineering as a field of science has undergone a stationary period, after which it has spread with new power in educational activities. The article analyzes the status of social engineer, combining its positions of an engineer and a sociologist. Within the framework of socio-engineering activity it is necessary to mention several directions, such as, management consulting, social construction (design, programming and planning), social engineering studies (analysis, diagnosis and examination), organizational and technological activity. They present the main ground in the field of management of social processes for the qualification of future employees. The authors suppose that socio-engineering activity in enterprises should be an integral part of functional management system, along with economic and technological control of production activity.