The agricultural enterprises of Penza region are aimed at strategic planning and forecasting, developing along perspective lines of the region. The tightness of the labour market in the agricultural management does not favour forming management staff as a professional group. In its turn the difficulty of launching innovational business in modern Russia does not favour forming this labour market. This aspect influences the group’s performance and growth. The management staff can be referred to as a unique professional group, which appears when management competences are developed.