Thesis is focused on proposing changes of motivational system in pharmaceutical company. Specific changes of motivational system which improve effectiveness and satisfaction of pharmaceutical representants are based on realized research of actual motivational system in company and it´s theoretical basis.

This thesis is devoted to the proposal of the motivational system PHOENIX CONTACT Inc., based on an analysis of the current situation. Intention of this work is to be a basis establishing more efficient motivational system, and also contains a proposal that aims at higher satisfaction employees and employee morale

Blockchain technology has attracted a lot of interest recently. Many different sectors from all over the world are now researching the technology to find any prospective uses that can enhance their company. This is because, by introducing new processes, blockchain technology has the ability to fundamentally alter the way that current systems now handle all types of transactions. The loyalty reward program sector, which deals with the exchange of loyalty points, may be able to take advantage of blockchain technology’s potential. Different Loyalty Reward Program models, however, define the Loyalty Reward Programs sector. Therefore, the current study investigates how blockchain technology may affect the development of a new loyalty reward program. To conduct the research, an exploratory multiple-case study was employed. In this thesis, we first investigate the use of blockchain in energy communities and their consumer incentives. Then we proposed a model for a novel blockchain-based rewarding system and examined multiple case studies of their usage in energy communities. Our results show that using a blockchain-based rewarding system in energy communities can benefit the community, environment and energy consumers.

Pain is the primary reason why patients seek medical care and there is a great unmet need for the development of pain relieving medications. The treatments that are currently available either have limited efficacy or are accompanied by a multitude of unwanted side effects. However, discovering novel therapeutics for the treatment of pain has been challenging. Part of the reason for this may be that that the ways in which pain is assessed in the preclinical setting are different from the way that it is evaluated clinically in human trials. The most common method for evaluating pain in preclinical models is to measure responses to evoked stimuli. However, a change in the threshold of response to evoked pain likely does not measure whether the unpleasant component of pain has actually been reduced. The most clinically relevant question for pain is whether the treatment actually makes the patients "feel better". Here, we demonstrate that the aversiveness of pain can be captured using motivated behavior to seek pain relief. We used conditioned place preference (CPP) to establish that animals with ongoing pain will seek a context that has been paired with effective pain relief, likely as a result of negative reinforcement. These studies allowed for mechanistic investigation. Our results show that: 1) effective pain relief can be achieved by either blocking noxious peripheral input or by directly attenuating pain related unpleasantness in the brain, and 2) pain relief is rewarding and activates the reward circuitry. These studies provide a basis for development of a future platform for drug discovery for pain.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Dissertacao - Caroline Silva Araujo - 2014.pdf: 2887620 bytes, checksum: bdbb3cdf698008b6f4c7cef618739ebe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-25 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG / This study, entitled Performance and reward: the policies of the state department of education; which belongs to the research line State, Policies and History of Education; problematizes the programs and the actions which aim the reward for the performances accomplished by teachers, students or even the educational institution. In this work, the rewarding policies are all comprehended as being a payment to the institutions, to the education professionals and/or to the students which is conquered by the accomplishing of results. These rewards can also be denominated monetary incentives, variable remuneration or even awarding system. The objective of the researchis to comprehend the presupposition and the shapes of the policies guided by the rating, with some emphasis to the educational management, from the analysis of the experiences concerning Brazilian rewarding policies. Concerning the research methodology, it were performed a survey of rewarding policies proposed by state departaments of education in effect in 2012 and the unabridged reading of the official documents which base such policies and, lastly, we sought to analyse the rewarding policies and to understand how the ratingpolicies influence on the proposition of incentives in the educational context, as well as the logic this instrument provokes in the management and in the work accomplished by schools and professionals. The documental analysis covered laws, decrees, regulations and edicts from eleven state departaments of education: Acre, Tocantins, Ceará, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais. The studies of Dirce Nei Teixeira de Freitas, Luiz Carlos Freitas, Benno Sander, Vitor Paro, Idalberto Chiavenato, Licínio Lima e Sandra Zákia Sousa, among some others, were used inorder to comprehend the study object. The research’s data allow us to affirm that the large-scale, rating policies contribute to the creation, in the educational institutions, of a management which aims only the results, for it is from these ones that the productivity indicators of the work performed in the schools are prepared. These indicators has a narrow relation with the rewarding policies, because they make possible the measurement of the work performedby the schools and teachers and also the establishing of quality goals. The productivitybecomes expressed by the reach of quality goals determined by the state departaments of education, being granted rewards to those who “contributed” to the improvement of the educationalresults. The normative texts also reveal the control exercised by the state departaments, the management and the pedagogical work, through the scheduling of tasks which must be executed in order to grant the extraremuneration. / Este estudo, intitulado Desempenho e recompensa: as políticas das secretarias estaduais de educação, inserido na linha de pesquisa Estado, Políticas e História da Educação, problematiza os programas e as ações voltados para a recompensa por desempenho de professor(es), do(s) discente(s) ou da instituição escolar. Neste trabalho as políticas de recompensa são compreendidas como pagamento às instituições, aos profissionais da educação e/ou aos estudantes mediante alcance de resultados. Tais recompensas também podem ser denominadas de incentivos monetários, remuneração variável ou sistemas de premiação. O objetivo da pesquisa é compreender os pressupostos e contornos das políticas pautadas pela avaliação, com destaque para a gestão educacional, a partir da análise das experiências de políticas de recompensa brasileiras. Em relação à metodologia de pesquisa, foram realizados o levantamento de políticas de recompensa propostas pelas secretarias estaduais de educação em vigência no ano de 2012, aleitura integral dos documentos oficiais que embasam tais políticas e, por fim, foram analisadas as políticas de recompensa para compreender como as políticas de avaliação influenciam na proposição de incentivos no contexto escolar, bem como a lógica que esse instrumento provoca na gestão e no trabalho realizado pelas escolas e pelos profissionais. A análise documental abrangeu leis, decretos, regulamentos e editais de onze secretarias estaduais: Acre, Tocantins, Ceará, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais. Os estudos de Dirce Nei Teixeira de Freitas, Luiz Carlos Freitas, Benno Sander, Vitor Paro, Idalberto Chiavenato, Licínio Lima e Sandra Zákia Sousa, dentre outros, foram utilizados para compreender o objeto em estudo. Os dados da pesquisa permitem afirmar que as políticas de avaliação em larga escala contribuem para a criação de uma gestão voltada apenas para os resultados, nas instituições escolares, pois é a partir destes que são elaborados indicadores de produtividade do trabalho realizado nas escolas. Esses indicadores apresentam estreita relação com as políticas de recompensa, porque possibilitama mensuração do trabalho das escolas e dos professores e o estabelecimento de metas de qualidade. A produtividade passa a ser expressa pelo alcance de metas de qualidade determinadas pelas secretarias estaduais de educação, sendo concedidas recompensas para aqueles que “contribuíram” para a melhoria dos resultados educacionais. Os textos normativos revelam, ainda, o controle, por parte das secretarias estaduais, da gestão e do trabalho pedagógico, por meio da definição de tarefas que devem ser executadas para que seja concedida a remuneração extra

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The objective of the research is to comprehend the presupposition and the shapes of the policies guided by the rating, with some emphasis to the educational management, from the analysis of the experiences concerning Brazilian rewarding policies. Concerning the research methodology, it were performed a survey of rewarding policies proposed by state departaments of education in effect in 2012 and the unabridged reading of the official documents which base such policies and, lastly, we sought to analyse the rewarding policies and to understand how the rating policies influence on the proposition of incentives in the educational context, as well as the logic this instrument provokes in the management and in the work accomplished by schools and professionals. The documental analysis covered laws, decrees, regulations and edicts from eleven state departaments of education: Acre, Tocantins, Ceará, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais. The studies of Dirce Nei Teixeira de Freitas, Luiz Carlos Freitas, Benno Sander, Vitor Paro, Idalberto Chiavenato, Licínio Lima e Sandra Zákia Sousa, among some others, were used in order to comprehend the study object. The research’s data allow us to affirm that the large-scale, rating policies contribute to the creation, in the educational institutions, of a management which aims only the results, for it is from these ones that the productivity indicators of the work performed in the schools are prepared. These indicators has a narrow relation with the rewarding policies, because they make possible the measurement of the work performed by the schools and teachers and also the establishing of quality goals. The productivity becomes expressed by the reach of quality goals determined by the state departaments of education, being granted rewards to those who “contributed” to the improvement of the educational results. The normative texts also reveal the control exercised by the state departaments, the management and the pedagogical work, through the scheduling of tasks which must be executed in order to grant the extraremuneration. / Este estudo, intitulado Desempenho e recompensa: as políticas das secretarias estaduais de educação, inserido na linha de pesquisa Estado, Políticas e História da Educação, problematiza os programas e as ações voltados para a recompensa por desempenho de professor(es), do(s) discente(s) ou da instituição escolar. Neste trabalho as políticas de recompensa são compreendidas como pagamento às instituições, aos profissionais da educação e/ou aos estudantes mediante alcance de resultados. Tais recompensas também podem ser denominadas de incentivos monetários, remuneração variável ou sistemas de premiação. O objetivo da pesquisa é compreender os pressupostos e contornos das políticas pautadas pela avaliação, com destaque para a gestão educacional, a partir da análise das experiências de políticas de recompensa brasileiras. Em relação à metodologia de pesquisa, foram realizados o levantamento de políticas de recompensa propostas pelas secretarias estaduais de educação em vigência no ano de 2012, a leitura integral dos documentos oficiais que embasam tais políticas e, por fim, foram analisadas as políticas de recompensa para compreender como as políticas de avaliação influenciam na proposição de incentivos no contexto escolar, bem como a lógica que esse instrumento provoca na gestão e no trabalho realizado pelas escolas e pelos profissionais. A análise documental abrangeu leis, decretos, regulamentos e editais de onze secretarias estaduais: Acre, Tocantins, Ceará, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais. Os estudos de Dirce Nei Teixeira de Freitas, Luiz Carlos Freitas, Benno Sander, Vitor Paro, Idalberto Chiavenato, Licínio Lima e Sandra Zákia Sousa, dentre outros, foram utilizados para compreender o objeto em estudo. Os dados da pesquisa permitem afirmar que as políticas de avaliação em larga escala contribuem para a criação de uma gestão voltada apenas para os resultados, nas instituições escolares, pois é a partir destes que são elaborados indicadores de produtividade do trabalho realizado nas escolas. Esses indicadores apresentam estreita relação com as políticas de recompensa, porque possibilitam a mensuração do trabalho das escolas e dos professores e o estabelecimento de metas de qualidade. A produtividade passa a ser expressa pelo alcance de metas de qualidade determinadas pelas secretarias estaduais de educação, sendo concedidas recompensas para aqueles que “contribuíram” para a melhoria dos resultados educacionais. Os textos normativos revelam, ainda, o controle, por parte das secretarias estaduais, da gestão e do trabalho pedagógico, por meio da definição de tarefas que devem ser executadas para que seja concedida a remuneração extra.

The thesis Performance Analysis of employees on the Service Desk to be engaged in evaluating and rewarding performance of employees working on the Service Desk. The work is divided into two parts. The theoretical part examines possible ways of evaluating and rewarding performance of employees. The practical part proposes a solution which demonstrates the real performance of employees, set of financial rewards commensurate with their performance and propose the implementation of modified assessment and reward performance.

My diploma thesis titled "Analysis and Evaluation of selected Areas of Human Resources Management in a selected Organization" deals with the issue of managing labour performance of employees from both, theoretical and practical perspectives.The theoretical part focuses on the issue of managing human resources in the organisation. The attention is especially paid to managing labour performance, evaluation, rewarding, educating and development of employees.Practical application of theoretical findings was utilized in the Tooltechnic Systems CZ s.r.o. and TTS Slovakia s.r.o. companies. To collect data, a method of internal document analyses, semi-structured interview and questionnaires were used.The emphasis was given to comparing opinions of managers gathered from semi-structured interviews with opinions of their subordinates gathered from questioning. The conclusion presents contemporary system of managing labour performance in selected company and further presents solutions for improvement.

The diploma thesis deals with the rewarding of employees in the selected company via employee benefits. The theoretical part is dedicated to the main terms which are needed in understanding the issue. The practical part is focused on the analysis and subsequent evaluation of the employee satisfaction with their benefits. The quantitative approach to primary data collection is used for the purpose of finding the satisfaction, research strategy is chosen in the form of the questionnaire survey. The last suggestion part includes measures that come from the results of the analysis.

The thesis summarizes theoretical terms related to the theme of motivation. Following is the analytical part, which describes the current state of the selected company such as the incentive system and its components, rewards, etc. Based on the implementation of quantitative research and testing hypotheses is compiled a proposal to improve the existing motivation system.