Department of Personnel Policy and Psychology of Management

Department of Personnel Policy and Management Psychology

Head of the Department – Пономарева Марина Авинировна, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor

The Department of Personnel Policy and Management Psychology (before September 2, 2019 – the Department of Management Psychology) was created by the decision of the Council of the Academy on July 24, 1997.

The activities of the Department are carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus, the Charter of the Academy of Public Administration, the Regulations on the Institute of Civil Service and are aimed at training highly qualified specialists in the field of human resource management.

The Department of Personnel Policy and Management Psychology provides programs of graduate education and retraining in the specialities 1-26 01 83 Personnel Policy in Government Bodies and Organizations, and 1-26 01 76 Personnel Management at the Institute of Civil Service. 

Department Tasks and Main Directions of Activities

The Department of Personnel Policy and Management Psychology aims to equip graduates with knowledge, skills, and competencies in the field of psychology for making managerial decisions.

The Department carries out activities in the following directions:

• scientific and methodological support and organization of teaching psychological and pedagogical educational disciplines for students undergoing retraining and advanced training at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus;

• conducting   research in the field of personnel policy and management psychology;

• training postgraduates and applicants in "Developmental Psychology and Acmeology" and "Labor Psychology, Engineering Psychology and Ergonomics";

• training of students in the speciality of retraining 1-26 01 76 – Personnel Management;

• training of students in the specialty of retraining 1-26 01 83 – Personnel policy in government bodies and organizations;

• organizing and holding a regular seminar for young scientists "Methodology and methods of psychological research";

• organizing and holding the republican scientific and practical seminar "Modern psychological technologies in the selection and selection of personnel";

• conducting psychological training for youth leaders of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union.

Department Staff

The Department of Personnel Policy and Management Psychology employs 1 professor, 5 associate professors, 2 senior lecturers, and 1 methodologist.

● Пономарева Марина Авинировна - Head of the Department, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor

● Морозов Александр Владимирович - Doctor of Philology, Professor

● Азарёнок Наталья Валерьевна - PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor

● Кивайко Владимир Николаевич - PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor

● Попко Ольга Николаевна - PhD (History), Associate Professor

● Пыжова Наталия Николаевна - PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor

● Волох Наталья Валерьевна - Master of Public Administration,  Senior Lecturer

● Малостева Татьяна Николаевна - Master of Public Administration,  Senior Lecturer

● Коликова Наталья Николаевна - Methodologist

Scientific Activities

The scientific work of the Department is aimed at ensuring excellence of the educational process and is carried out in the 2021/2022 academic year within the framework of the research theme "Psychological support of the professional health of a leader as a condition for effective management." 

The directions of individual research work include

• Psychological competence of a modern leader (Пономарева Марина Авинировна, Head of the Department, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor);

• Communicative culture of a modern leader (Морозов Александр Владимирович, Doctor of Philology, Professor);

• Socio-psychological factors of professional deformation of managers (Азарёнок Наталья Валерьевна, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor);

• Personnel security (Кивайко Владимир Николаевич, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor);

• Professional culture of a modern leader (Попко Ольга Николаевна PhD (History), Associate Professor);

• Technologies for the development of professional and personal competence of personnel (Пыжова Наталия Николаевна, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor);

• The communicative component of the leader's activity: theory and practice (Волох Наталья Валерьевна, Senior Lecturer, Master of Public Administration);

• Psychological stability of managers with different levels of successful activity (Малостева Татьяна Николаевна, Senior Lecturer, Master of Public Administration).

The Department also offers psychological counseling services at its Psychological Counselling Center. The activities of the Psychological Center are carried out in the following areas:

Пономарева Марина Авинировна, Head of the Department, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor

• Psychological competence of the leader;

• Modern technologies for the selection of personnel for managerial positions;

• Conflict management in the organization;

• Prevention of stress and emotional burnout.

Морозов Александр Владимирович, Doctor of Philology, Professor

• Business etiquette, protocol and speech technology;   

• Technologies of effective communication.

Азарёнок Наталья Валерьевна, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor

• Psychology of advertising;

• Economic psychology;

• Management of personal performance.

Кивайко Владимир Николаевич, Associate Professor of the Department, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor

• Personnel security of the organization;

• Socio-psychological climate in the team.

Попко Ольга Николаевна, PhD (History), Associate Professor

• Image of a civil servant;

• Business etiquette, protocol and speech technology.

Пыжова Наталия Николаевна, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor

• Managerial intelligence;

• Strategic planning of personnel.

Волох Наталья Валерьевна, Senior Lecturer of the Department, Master of Public Administration

• Business communication in a management environment;

• Selection of personnel for civil service vacancies;

• Certification of personnel at the enterprise.

Малостева Татьяна Николаевна, Senior Lecturer of the Department, Master of Public Administration

• Organizational psychology:

• Formation of a management team;

• Psychological stability of the leader.

Psychological consultations are carried out by appointment.    

Phone: (+375 17) 229-52-94 (Department of Personnel Policy and Management Psychology).

Contact Information

Address: 220050, 22, K. Marx st., Minsk

Offices: 315, 317, 319, 607, 608

Phone: (+375 17) 229-52-94