Author(s): Elena Borisovna Vinogradova, Olga Vladimirovna Kalinina
The management structure of the modern university should reflect the goals and objectives of the organization taking into account current trends of the digitalization and innovative business models. The paper discusses the methodological aspects to forming organizational structures and organizational changes in the system of higher education in the context of digitalization. An approach has been developed to studying the modernization processes of organizational and financial structures of a university, using the case study of St. Petersburg Peter the Great Polytechnic University, which can be applied to improve financial performance, and the quality of management decisions aimed at enhancing educational and scientific activities of the university. The purpose of the article is the research of the goal-setting process and related organizational changes introduced by the university in a changing external environment.