Motivation Techniques in Russia in the Soviet Era and Today
Introduction
This paper aims to analyze the motivation techniques in Russia in the Soviet Era and today, where we can find great differences in society after the collapse of communism in 1991. In the first part some information is mentioned about Russia in the Soviet Era and nowadays. Thereafter we refer to the motivation techniques in both eras and how successful they are according to work ethics in each period. The results of this research are pointed out in the conclusion.
General information
The U.S.S.R was founded on 1922 and lasted until 1991 and had an extent of 22,402,200sq km and population of 250million residents. The capital of U.S.S.R. was Moscow and it was consisted of Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The form of the government was Communist Dictatorship.
The Russian Federation was founded in 1992. It covers an area of 16,377,742sq km and has a population of 138,739,892 residents. The capital of the Russian Federation is Moscow and the form of the government is Federal Semi-presidential Republic.
HRM policies under the strong Soviet ideology
As a state with a very strong communistic ideology under the totalitarian regime Soviet Union made people perform quite well, using instruments that could be only effective under such state. Idea of perfect communistic future was the main one. It means, that “everyone works according to his abilities and everyone gets according to his needs”. For Russian folk it primarily meant that everyone has to work hard to evaluate to a communist society.
Soviet slogans of that time were: “one who doesn’t work neither shall eat”, “labour made a Man out of monkey”, “labour graces a person”. It made people believe in necessity of working long hours, no matter what they gain for it.
Against this background it was very prestigious to be the best worker. People who made from 3 to 5 times more job
This paper aims to analyze the motivation techniques in Russia in the Soviet Era and today, where we can find great differences in society after the collapse of communism in 1991. In the first part some information is mentioned about Russia in the Soviet Era and nowadays. Thereafter we refer to the motivation techniques in both eras and how successful they are according to work ethics in each period. The results of this research are pointed out in the conclusion.
General information
The U.S.S.R was founded on 1922 and lasted until 1991 and had an extent of 22,402,200sq km and population of 250million residents. The capital of U.S.S.R. was Moscow and it was consisted of Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The form of the government was Communist Dictatorship.
The Russian Federation was founded in 1992. It covers an area of 16,377,742sq km and has a population of 138,739,892 residents. The capital of the Russian Federation is Moscow and the form of the government is Federal Semi-presidential Republic.
HRM policies under the strong Soviet ideology
As a state with a very strong communistic ideology under the totalitarian regime Soviet Union made people perform quite well, using instruments that could be only effective under such state. Idea of perfect communistic future was the main one. It means, that “everyone works according to his abilities and everyone gets according to his needs”. For Russian folk it primarily meant that everyone has to work hard to evaluate to a communist society.
Soviet slogans of that time were: “one who doesn’t work neither shall eat”, “labour made a Man out of monkey”, “labour graces a person”. It made people believe in necessity of working long hours, no matter what they gain for it.
Against this background it was very prestigious to be the best worker. People who made from 3 to 5 times more job