Effective leadership and motivation of employees

Anna Orazova

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The thesis investigates leadership and motivation of employees. It is confirmed that motivation plays an essential role in ensuring the staff’s due involvement in work processes and high performance. The findings of the practical part illustrate the current situation with employee motivation and leadership in a&o Hotels and Hostels network. It has been shown that the hotel endures significant problems: due to its financial model, it cannot offer sufficient financial motivation to its employees, and the management fails to comprehend completely the role of non-financial motivation and the potential of leadership at the company. A number of recommendations have been developed for the company, including the ones to make modify the model for greater financial bonuses, reduce the timespan of incentive planning, involve third-party experts, and focus on lowering staff turnover rates for increasing employee motivation.

Keywords

non-financial motivation, employee motivation, financial motivation, employees, informal leadership, management, formal leadership

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 27. 11. 2019

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Richard Selby, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management