Модернизация, инновация, развитие (Apr 2016)
Motivation and stimulation of employment specialists in the sphere of information technologies
Abstract
The article discusses the concept of "Information and communication technologies." The characteristic of the labor specialists in the sphere of information technologies, namely the characteristics of the object, means and product of their labor. The author of the article deals with the specifics of specialists of the topic. We study the needs and motivations of IT professionals. A method for evaluating the effectiveness of labor specialists in the sphere of information technologies and offered rates for calculating the efficiency of workers, including factors: timeliness; the number of completed tasks; detected errors; the cost of bug fixes. Purpose of the article – to reveal the specifics of working IT professionals, and especially to justify the incentives and motivation of specialists in this field. The objectives of the article: to characterize the concept of "Information and communications technologies"; identify the main needs and motivations of IT professionals; develop a method for evaluating the effectiveness of specialists in this field.Methodology. In conducting this study the main sources of raw data served as the information contained in scientific, reference, periodical literature on the subject in question, including the sources of information and telecommunications network "Internet". The basis of methodological developments put the comparative methods of analysis and synthesis of existing data.Results. The characteristic of the concept of "Information and communication technologies." It is proved that the work of specialists in the sphere of information technologies is intellectual work, and that the subject, the means and the product of this kind of work – are special types of information in digital form. Emphasize that as part of the system of social production, work in the field of software development (software) performs a task and a number of specific functions: creative, integration, stimulating, consumer, social, educational and recreational. It has been determined that it is necessary to identify the dominant needs and motivations IT professionals support their creativity, constantly explore their state of job satisfaction, and in the case of deviations from the norm, to equalize their status at work and creative motivational tool. A method for evaluating the performance of an IT specialist. Proper organization of workflow and competent use of tools and methods of motivation and stimulation of labor experts can detect as dominant needs and motives of each employee at the moment, and allows you to assess the effectiveness of measures taken and the efficiency of not only each specialist, and a team of specialists in general and as a result the productivity of IT specialists increases.
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