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Μαρία-Ηλιάνα Πραβίτα, Λέκτορας, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Summary:
The following paper studies the motivation and evaluation systems of Human Resources. Beforehand, we are talking about the importance of Human Resources Management and of its individual functions (Planning, Woo, Selection, Training, Evaluation and Remuneration Policy) which contribute on the effort of a corporation to adapt and evolve on the business environment.
Motivation and Evaluation constitute two of the most important elements of Human Resources Management. The theories of Motivation are focusing on examining which factors are triggering the human activity towards completing a goal. The mainspring of these theories consists of the concept of Motivation which encourages each individual to work. Of course, none of these theories lacks inadequacies, but as a whole they provide convincing answers on many questions which have to do with Motivation.
The concept of Evaluation is equally important considering that the improvement of performance, Education and Remuneration Policies are depending on it. Especially, the various methods of Evaluation, either of objective or subjective nature can contribute the utmost in a corporation on the level of efficiency and effectiveness, but that does not mean the proper caution should not be given for any weaknesses that are exhibiting by these methods.
Ιn particular, the paper aims to examine whether what is supported in the theory of the importance of motivation and the process of evaluating staff can be proven at the level of practice. For this reason, in the context of this paper, the example of an enterprise is used and the necessary research is carried out to show whether the incentives offered to employees and their evaluation methods contribute to a more efficient operation of an organization - private sector.