HM 05 | Employee motivation and performance in university management | 2nd Edition

The universities and colleges are faced with new challenges due to the conversion into independent organizational forms. Due to the higher education reform with the corresponding modernization of administration, the universities are not only faced with an international competitive environment and competition for funding, but they also have to carry out an organizational change to an independent organization with far-reaching effects. In addition to numerous management tasks that also have to be completed, the universities and colleges, in addition to their research and educational mandate, also have to deal above all with organizational development and the successful management of change. Their success depends i.a. largely depends on the motivation and commitment and thus the performance of the employees and managers at the university. The requirements for the service quality to be provided are very high. University management can draw on various models and methods to improve employee motivation and performance. These include: motivating by setting common goals, motivating by recognition, recognizing excellence, enthusiasm and optimism, incentive programs and rewards, motivating by example, reducing absenteeism, practical application of insights from motivational theory and behavioral science, and consideration the effect of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The success of management is increasingly determined by the correct, future-oriented approach to phenomena such as complexity, dynamics and knowledge. In today's communication and knowledge society, companies and universities are dependent on aligning their entire organization, all employees, visions and strategies - to the future. This textbook by Prof. dr dr h.c. In addition to an introduction to motivation theory, Ulrich Wehrlin provides the reader with relevant insights, methods, concepts, instruments and skills for employee motivation, behavioral psychology and ways of promoting motivation through goals, recognition, enthusiasm, incentives, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. It is aimed at employees, lecturers, professors, deans, managers, heads of universities and colleges, students in the fields of university and science management as well as professionals who are interested in a managerial activity or management position in the education system. The book appears in the series "University and Science Management" - professionalization of university management - future-oriented leadership, change management and organizational development in higher education.

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• Title: Employee motivation and performance in university management
• Subtitles: Behavioral Psychology, Theory of Motivation, Motivation through Goals, Recognition, Enthusiasm, Incentives, and Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
• Author: Prof. Dr. dr h.c. Ulrich Wehrlin
• Series: University & Science Management
• Edition: 1st edition
• Band: 5
• Publisher: Prof. Dr. dr h.c.Ulrich Wehrlin
• Subject: Economics
• Product Type: Book (Hardcover)
• Product type: textbook
• Language: German
• Binding: Softcover (paperback)
• Dimensions: 21.0 x 14.8 cm (DIN A5)
• Scope: 194 pages
• Condition: New (shrink-wrapped in foil)
• Keywords: Incentive systems, work motivation, leadership models, university management, management tasks in education, management theory, leadership, motivation theory, operant conditioning, personality psychology, universities and colleges, change in education

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