ABSTRACT
In the era of knowledge-based economy, the survival and development of
enterprise will be depended on the possession, creation and utilization of knowledge.
Knowledge worker is becoming the most important driving power of Value-creation of
any enterprise. Even though realizing the important or knowledge worker, most
knowledge-intensive enterprises cannot work out an effective motivation system to
promote the knowledge workers. With such a system, the enterprise can achieve the
persistence operation and development by spiriting up the knowledge innovation of its
knowledge worker. Therefore, how to establish effective motivation system of
knowledge worker is an urgent-solving problem for enterprise and academia to
settle .the objective of this research is to design effective motivation model for
knowledge worker as reference of system design.
Firstly, on the basic of analyzing new character of knowledge-intensive enterprises
during the knowledge era and motivational factors of knowledge worker, this thesis
discusses new challenges for managing and motivating knowledge worker. then
analyzes present condition of motivation about knowledge-intensive enterprises and
the cause, summarizes basal principles of motivation which knowledge-intensive
enterprises should be conformed to, researches and designs motivation models of stock
options and based on psychological contract for knowledge worker. Finally, analyses
and evaluate their effects in practical application through the case.
Compared with the general staff, multiple demand of knowledge worker is more
individuation and diversification, also have higher standards. In addition, the motivation
for knowledge workers is difficult to achieve the desired results. This is because the
traditional motivation system has been quite mature and perfect, which integrated with
the management system of the enterprise close, while the traditional concept of
motivation has been accepted for long time; The other side, the rapid advent of the
knowledge-based economy era results in that the managers did not had enough time to
adjust, so that deal with new thing of era of knowledge-based economy still from
traditional perspective In many respects, not grasp the essence behind, carry out
motivation measures indiscriminatingly. Therefore, the design of an motivation system
based on the characteristics of the era of knowledge economy, is the fundamental way