B_BA_MPV_k Motivation and Work Efficiency Management

NEWTON University
winter 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Ing. Katarína Bistar, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. PhDr. Barbora Pánková, MBA, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Hana Volfíková, DiS.
Centre for Applied Psychology – Academic Department – NEWTON University
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(!B_BA_MPV_p Motivation and Work Efficiency Management) && (!B_BA_MPV_k Motivation and Work Efficiency Management) && (!B_BR_MPV_p Motivation and Work Efficiency Management) && (!B_BR_MPV_k Motivation and Work Efficiency Management) && (!B_PH_MPV_p Motivation and Work Efficiency Management) && (!B_PH_MPV_k Motivation and Work Efficiency)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives

The course “Motivation and Work Performance” focuses on topics in industrial and organizational psychology, particularly in the areas of working with people, performance evaluation, and employee development. It focuses on the theoretical and practical aspects of employee motivation and incentives. In addition to theoretical concepts of motivation, the course also covers specific methods and procedures that managers can use when working with people. It also takes into account the specific characteristics of human personality in managing work performance and related topics in the professional sphere.


The course is designed to be practical, with the goal of familiarizing students with real-world work environments and the application of psychology within them. Attention is also given to specific techniques for working with people. Individual sessions within the course vary in their emphasis on theoretical foundations and practical demonstrations.


Course Objectives:


  • to understand, in their interrelationships, concepts related to motivation, stimulation, and work performance management;
  • to understand the complexity of the system of motivation and work performance management;
  • to develop the ability to apply acquired knowledge in practice when working with people in various settings;
  • to apply acquired knowledge and skills in the areas of self-motivation and self-management.

Learning outcomes
  • The student explains the basic principles of motivation, job satisfaction, and performance management.
  • The student applies selected motivation theories and performance management principles to specific situations in managerial practice.
  • The student uses the principles of effective feedback, employee appraisal, and working with individual motives.
  • The student understands the principles of talent management, career management, and the use of diagnostic methods in employee development.
  • The student designs basic procedures and tools for employee competency development and assessment, including the use of Development Centres.
  • The student applies selected communication and development techniques, particularly active listening, coaching approaches, the GROW model, and SMART goal setting.
    • Syllabus

    1. Introduction, definition of terms, performance management (definition of key terms, links between psychological and managerial concepts, problematic terms).
    2. Job satisfaction (job satisfaction versus dissatisfaction, determinants of job satisfaction, methods of monitoring, Herzberg’s two-factor theory).
    3. Feedback and its significance in influencing performance (the importance of feedback, principles for giving and receiving feedback, principles of constructiveness in the entire process of ongoing employee appraisal).
    4. Theories of motivation and their practical application (the difference between motivation and stimulation, the main psychological theories of motivation used in management, their practical application).
    5. Employee motivation in practice, working with different types of employees (working with individual motivations, self-reflection, ways of identifying motivations in managerial practice).
    6. The cycle of work performance management (the relationship between motivation and work performance, work performance versus productivity, influencing work performance through HR processes).
    7. The appraisal process in performance management (aspects of the employee appraisal process, formal versus informal appraisals, specific procedures for employee appraisals).
    8. Career management and talent management (careers, their management and influence, horizontal versus vertical career progression, the importance and possibilities of talent management).
    9. The use of diagnostic methods in performance management (emphasis on the personality dimension and individual variables in influencing work performance and motivation).
    10. Development Centre (the concept of competence, the competency model, competence assessment and the use of its outputs in influencing work performance and motivation).
    11. Development Centre in practice (practical demonstration; designing a Development Centre according to specifications and required outcomes).
    12. Specific techniques for working with people and their application in employee motivation (active listening; coaching – its essence, principles, application of the basic GROW model and setting SMART objectives).

    Assessment methods
    Graded assessment:

    • (full-time students) activity during the semester, assessment of a practice-oriented seminar paper, feedback for students
    • (part-time students) assessment of a practice-oriented seminar paper, feedback for students.

    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught annually.
    The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2024, winter 2025.
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