Abstract
The wealth of a nation in an information society is expressed in intelligence, creative ideas, information, the mass of knowledge, intellect, in other words, in the objects of accumulated intellectual capital. The growing role of education and science, the strengthening of the values of intellectual activity within the national economy contribute to the formation and improvement of the human potential of society, being the essential factors of socio-economic progress. Human potential development is one of the most important tasks facing any country. The competitive advantages of the economy, the possibilities of its modernization are directly determined by the accumulation in the country and the employed human potential. After all, the possibilities and limits of necessary changes in social development are determined by people with their professional experience, education and qualifications. This article discusses a systematic approach to the study of human potential. Using a systematic approach allows establishing the integrity and boundaries of human potential, to determine the composition and structure of its elements. Within the framework of system approach, the elements of human potential are classified according to some characteristics: subjects of human potential, the content of knowledge as the basis of human potential, the possibility of fixing knowledge, its alienation and reproduction, the form of interaction within the system of human potential.