The article presents the management system of a higher educational institution, which provides training for specialists in tourism. The system reflects the processes of functioning, creation and development of an educational organization as an object of management. The stages of planning the parameters of managed processes and their constituent management phases, including planning, accounting, control and regulation are given. The objective tree based on the management period is also presented. It has been proved that it is the tasks of planning and the quality of their solution that most affect the efficiency of the entire management system.