ABSTRACT
The need ofp11ychological support to managers in their work is explained by ever increasing competition they have to face and elevated levels and of tension and stress associated with it. This article relies on Systemic-Structural Theory of Activity to analyze the specifics of managers' professional activities. The authors described the results ofresearch into bank managers' professional growth that could be used as a tool of their psychological support. The research results reflect the influence produced by various external and internal conditions in the bank manager daily activities affecting their professional success as well as crucial factors of their professional development interrelated with this success. The article also comp1ises the formula to estimate the integral diagnostic index that can be used as the scale of bank managers' overall professional efficiency.
