MECHANISMS TO INCREASE MOTIVATION AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING THE ACTIVITIES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Abstract

Purpose. This article presents a study on the problems of motivating municipal employees. Its goal is to ascertain, study the problems of motivating the municipal employees of the Administration of the city of Magnitogorsk, and also to develop a system of measures to optimize it. The need to form a new generation of municipal servants, adapted to the conditions of a regulated market economy, combining a strategic approach with high professionalism, able to effectively operate in crisis situations, is being actualized in the Russian authorities. Methods. During the research, general scientific methods were used to collect the theoretical basis, methods of management sciences. Also, methods designed to collect primary information from the practical part: observation, written interrogation, methods of processing received data, their logical and mathematical analysis, and methods for qualitative analysis. Primary information was obtained by means of the first survey, which was based on the methodology of Zamfir and reflected the importance of motivation factors in the professional activities of municipal employees. Results and practical significance. The first stage was the determination of the degree of significance of the motivating factors in the professional activity of the personnel. We calculated such parameters as internal motivation; external positive motivation; external negative motivation. At the second stage, the level of satisfaction with the work of personnel was determined. The factors of material motivation are presented, the list of additional payments to municipal employees of this institution is reviewed, the sequence of monthly allowances for municipal servants for long service is described. This illustrated example in action characterizes the mechanisms for ensuring optimal motivation as a tool for improving the activities of local authorities, tested and acceptable for application in practice. The results of the research are applicable in the theory and practice of personnel management and have prospects in the development of motivation and remuneration systems for employees of the public service and municipalities of the Russian Federation. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty is the realized multi-aspect analysis, based on the study of normative documentation: Regulations on the payment of labor of municipal employees of local government bodies of the city of Magnitogorsk.