Domestic and foreign management experience in motivation of construction organizations personnel

Abstract

Importance: in modern market conditions, an acute problem of construction companies is a choice of staff motivation system. Motivation is the most effective method of influencing the personnel of the organization. At the moment, skillful management of human resources is a key condition that ensures the competitiveness of construction organizations and the dynamic formation of the success of their activities. The problem of personnel motivation management is relevant not only in organizations of the construction industry, but also in other types of activities. Hence, a significant interest in this problem has been aroused by many scientists of a theoretical and practical nature. Purpose: to study the definitions of the term «motivation» by the world’s leading scientists: A. Maslow, Clayton Alderfer, David McClelland, John Stacy Adams, V. Vroom, Lyman Porter and Edward Lawler; to consider the domestic and foreign experience of personnel incentives. Research design: the motivation of the USA, Japan and Western European countries: Germany, France, Great Britain, Sweden was studied. The authors have revealed that material incentives for personnel are characteristic of domestic business, while non-material incentives are important in foreign business. Results: the authors identified the elements of the system of non-material incentives for personnel of construction organizations: «compensation package», «team building», «delegation of authority». They also prove that financial incentives should be temporary.