[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The actual task of the current stage of adaptation of organizations to the requirements of a market economy is the scientifically based design of management structures. The structure adequate to the market becomes the most important condition for effective functioning and development of any autonomous subject of the transformations taking place in society. This is especially indicative for such a dynamic branch of the economy as transport. The article is devoted to the research of scientific approaches to organizational and staff policy in the organizations of transport and transport education. The system of trends influencing organizational changes is proposed, the range and structural features, levels of system complexity of the project solutions being prepared are determined. Keywords: organizational and staff policy, design of organizational structure, transport company, optimization, system, management structure.