The article characterizes the peculiarities of teaching the educational discipline “General and special office management” in the context of professional training of future penitentiary specialists in higher education institutions.

It is substantiated that the academic discipline “General and special office management” plays an important role in the professional training of future specialists of the State Criminal Executive Service of Ukraine, because it involves the formation of a system of theoretical knowledge, practical skills and skills to work with documents specific to each of the management functions, as well as for certain fields of activity, in particular, familiarization with the theoretical and practical issues of documentation and the rules of organization of record keeping in institutions of the criminal executive service. As a result of mastering this educational discipline, students (cadets) should develop skills and abilities related to compiling, proofreading, accounting (registration), sorting, storing, searching, processing information stored in documents, as well as copying, information transfer, document transportation inside and outside the management apparatus of an institution or organization.

It has been proven that the effectiveness of mastering an educational discipline depends on the teacher’s selection of educational material, the planning and implementation of independent work by students of higher education, as well as their preparation for practical classes. The content of the lecture course is characterized, the relationships between lectures and practical classes are determined.

The conditions for successful mastering by future penitentiary specialists of the educational course “General and special office management” are substantiated, in particular, the need for systematic, consistent work throughout the entire academic semester, the formation of analytical skills for working with literature, and thorough preparation for the semester exam are substantiated. It has been proven that the effectiveness of the performance of the criminal-executive service specialists in the future of their official duties, the pace of their career growth, and the intensity of professional and personal development depend in some places on the development of the skills of working with documentation.

Key words: academic discipline, professional training, higher education students, lecture, independent work, future specialists, criminal-executive service.

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