Application of foreign methods of labor motivation at Ukrainian enterprises

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the motivation concept, study and analysis of foreign experience in motivating employees and the selection of elements that can be adapted in Ukrainian enterprises. The theoretical foundations of the staff motivation concept are considered in this paper. It is found that the staff motivation has significant impact on the staff and enterprise efficiency. The main tasks of employee motivation are determined. They are as follows: the formation of understanding of the employees motivation system, the establishment of psychological climate in the team; creating democratic approaches to personnel management. The main types of staff motivation are identified as tangible and intangible. The main means of material and intangible employees motivation are considered. Since without the staff interest it is impossible to solve the enterprise problems, motivation becomes an important task for the enterprise. In order to increase the material and moral interest of employees, to develop and improve the incentive mechanism the experience of developed countries in this area is taken into account in this paper. Foreign experience is considered to identify the optimal model of employee motivation at Ukrainian enterprises. Motivation systems of such leading countries as Japan, France, USA and Germany are studied. The ways of motivating employees in such leading companies as Google, Zappos, Huffington Post, Procter & Gamble, Apple, IBM and AT&T, Nihon Shokken are considered. Elements of French, German, American and Japanese motivation systems are generalized. The main elements of these foreign systems of employee motivation are identified: individualization of wages; incentives for staff training, arrangement of recreation areas, motivational monitoring, etc. From foreign experience, we can seen that motivation makes it possible to solve the problems related to the improvement of employee productivity. Therefore, the elements that can be adapted to national traditions of personnel management and used in Ukrainian enterprises for effective human resource management are highlighted in this paper.