| Abstract [eng] |
Master’s thesis dealt with motivation aspects in local government institutions in Lithuania and the United Kingdom municipalities. The problem of this work is reflected by question: what civil servants motivation policies are used in Lithuania and the United Kingdom? The aim of master’s thesis study is to investigate the possibilities of motivation improvement in Spelthorne municipality in Surrey district of the United Kingdom and Siauliai city municipalities. Theoretical part of master’s thesis analyses the motivation of civil servants, motivation models, motivation features in public sector and it‘s development opportunities. This job also lists and describes the instruments of motivation, comprehensively characterizes employee’s motivation and the place of motivating factors in the system, as well as the disclosure of public service motivation characteristics. For the empirical part it was chosen to conduct document analysis and interview. Documents which were analysed include: Civil Service Codes in Lithuania and the United Kingdom, in order to find and compare motivation possibilities. For interview it was chosen experts from Spelthorne and Siauliai city municipality, to get more information about motivation and it‘s development opportunities in local government institutions. Document analysis and interview results let analyse the information of employees` motivation within practical aspects in Spelthorne and Siauliai city municipalities and provide employee motivation system improvement opportunities in these public sector institutions. The study found that public servants in Spelthorne municipality and Siauliai city municipality are motivated by various instruments but there is no single motivation instrument encompassing the entire organization personnel. After document analysis, it was noticed that United Kingdom laws allows for a wider range of motivation measures than Lithuania laws. Study also showed that there were not big differences between Šiauliai city municipality and Spelthorne municipality; all local government institution employees want similar things. It was just noticed that people working in Spelthorne municipality extracted more their personal goals and wants to improve them-selves. |
