There are regarded the basic psychological aspects of the intercultural competence of business negotiations participants. There are analyzed the structural components of the intercultural competence. Special attention is paid to its determinants. There are researched the approaches to the issue of psychological determination of intercultural competence development.

There is specified the definition and the structure of the category professional competence, revealed the essential characteristics, functions and signs of practice-oriented educational environment, substantiated the development model of professional competence. By the example of economics specialist training there is shown the process and results of implementation of the given model.