RLZ_MOZ Motivation and remuneration of employees

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Ing. Iva Klementová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Iva Klementová, Ph.D.
Department of Human Resource Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Human Resource Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Prerequisites
Are not required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to get acquainted with the main principles and tools of successful employee motivation, based on the use of adequate financial and non-financial motivation tools. The main topics of the course include the basic types, tools and forms of financial remuneration and the main tools of non-financial motivation of the superior and the organization and their use. Attention is paid to the influence of motivation on employee productivity, the most common causes of demotivation and instability of employees and ways to deal with them. The course includes a practical illustration of the creation of financial motivation tools and the application of non-financial motivational tools of the manager.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student: - understands the importance of employee motivation and remuneration, knows the main theories of work motivation and can apply them in practice, can design, organize and evaluate surveys of employee motivation and satisfaction - understands the importance and method of creating pay scales of the organization, understands the differences between different types of pay scales and their importance - understands personal differences in employee motivation and their relationship to performance - understands the principles of creating a motivational component of wages, can design and use various tools of performance remuneration - understands the principles of creating and using employee benefits, understands the non-financial incentive tools and competencies of the manager
Syllabus
  • Seminars 1. Motivation and remuneration of employees, their goals and tools - analysis of a practical example. 2. Types of work motivation, individual differences in employee motivation - guided discussion of a practical example. 3. Tools of financial and material motivation - illustrations on examples of specific companies 4. Tools and psychological foundations of non-financial motivation - illustrations on examples of specific companies 5. Motivational tools of the leader - analysis of a practical example. 6. Creating a fixed wage system and its principles - analysis of a practical example 7. Types of performance wages - analysis on the example of a specific company 8. Creation of employee benefits - an example from practice. 9. The most common mistakes of remuneration systems in practice - analysis of a practical example. 10. Managerial and communication skills for non-financial motivation - demonstration and training 11. Motivational interviews with employees - illustrations and analysis of specific examples 12. Surveys of satisfaction and motivation of employees - demonstration and analysis of the results of a specific survey from practice 13. The most common mistakes of managers in motivating employees - analysis of practical examples.
Literature
    required literature
  • URBAN, J., 2017. Psychologie řízení a vedení. Praha: Ústav práva a právní vědy a European Business School. ISBN 978-80-87974-15-5.
  • URBAN, J., 2017. Motivace a odměňování pracovníků. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-271-0227-3.
    recommended literature
  • CAHA, Z. et al., 2017. Management lidských zdrojů. Lüdenscheid: Ram-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-942303-52-1.
  • URBAN, J., 2013. Řízení lidí v organizaci: Personální rozměr managementu. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-80- 7357-925-8.
  • URBAN, J., 2014. Případové studie z managementu lidských zdrojů. Praha: Ústav práva a právní vědy. ISBN 978-80-87974-03-2.
  • ARMSTRONG, M. a S. TAYLOR, 2014. Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice. 13th Edition. Philadelphia: Kogan Page Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7494-6964-1.
  • BĚLOHLÁVEK, F., 2016. 25 typů lidí – Jak s nimi jednat, jak je vést a motivovat. 3. rozš. vyd. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-247-5872-5.
Forms of Teaching
Seminar
Tutorial
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Project Teaching
Brainstorming
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Partial tasks99
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial1129
Preparation for the Final Test55
Final test11
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion268
Total:5252
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 70 %
Partial tasks 30 %
Exam conditions
Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points under the following conditions: Mid-term grading: maximum 30% (0-30 points). Final grading: maximum 70% (0-70 points). Classification: A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 – 30, F 29,99 – 0.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
The students of the full-time form of study are obliged to fulfill the 70% attendance at the seminars. If the attendance is not met, the students will be automatically classified with the grade "-". Students with an individual study plan will take only a 100-point final test in the exam period. However, students are obliged to contact the teacher immediately after the approval of the individual study plan (ISP), if the student does not do so, his ISP will not be taken into account. (In case of any questions, the student can contact the teacher via email: klementova@mail.vstecb.cz).
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2022, winter 2023.
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