Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to identify how the integrated approach to the
organisation of in-service training relied on an English language-based simulation team project
simulation team project entitled “Build a Fair and Just State of 1000 people” influences the
professional and personal qualities of the civil servants, and how the sampled individuals perceive
the intervention. The study utilized quantitative and qualitative methods to establish the causeeffect
relationships that had occurred in the variables due to the integrated approach used to
organise the in-service training of the civil servants. The course participants’ professional efficacy,
motivation, decision-making were the variables for the study. Five commonly used online
psychometric tests for the civil servants were the instruments to measure the variables before and
after the treatment. The project seen as the integrated approach to organising the course of inservice
training of the civil servants brought positive changes to the participants’ professional
efficacy, motivation, and decision-making. The sampled students acknowledged the effectiveness
of this educational intervention and expressed satisfaction with its content, delivery mode, and the
experience they gained from it. This study addressed the loopholes in the in-service training
system of the civil servants such as succeeding in English language fluency and specific
managerial skills and demonstrating certain beliefs, values, and behaviour patterns which were
mentioned in the above document as the issues of reforming the training system of civil servants
in Ukraine. The study implies that simulation games are an effective approach in training civil
servants because they help them absorb professional knowledge through solving job-specific
tasks. It also seems suggestive that the training system could be more decentralised, functionthrough-
context-based with an assessment system that is flexible and situational based more on
the practical than the theoretical component.
