Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija

Effective employee motivation needs leaders who are able to formulate visions of incentive programs and who have positive influence on employees. Leaders are able to analyse the environment regarding the level of motivation, barriers to motivation and are able to develop an effective motivation system. A motivation system refers to a system illustrating basic motives, motivation preferences, intentions and priorities, incentives being applied and their effects. The authors of the paper attempt to assess the level of employee motivation in a trading company and its relation to work performance. The research was conducted in the months of September–December 2016 and 213 respondents were asked to fill out the questionnaire. A Pareto chart was used illustrate the research results.

The aim of the article is to explicate methodology, facilitating the evaluation of biomass cluster‘s impact to the growth of the energetic independence and national security. The analysis of the biomass clusters‘ impact to the energetic security is related to the critical analysis of the resources as well as to the analysis of the secondary data. The conception of a biomass cluster is relatively new as it emerged basically given the complex geopolitical situation and the aim of the pursuit for some energetic alternatives. The cluster unites enterprises, operating in some certain region and engaged in biomass preparation, logistics and burning. The main impetus of the cluster activity is the objective of the consumers‘ provision by some local renewable energy. Some serious issues, related to the energetic resources consumers‘ behaviour, are often occurring in the states where import-based structure of energy prevails. Lacking some competition and local production, both energetic and national state security is “walking with a limp“. Under the above circumstances, a biomass cluster may become a counterweight from monopoly-based import, ipso facto, increasing national security of the state itself. In the latter case, some stable energy supply would be assured and the price would be based on the market but not on the shifts of the geopolitical situation. The authors have created the following research methodology, contributing the evaluation of the benefit of the local resources use.

Straipsnyje analizuojamos ugdymo problemos aukštojoje mokykloje. Pagrindinis dėmesys sutelktas į ugdymo derinimą šiuolaikinėje aukštojoje mokykloje, t. y. į ugdymo paradigmą ir jos poveikį specialistų kompetencijų ugdymui žinių visuomenės sąlygomis ir jų įtaką pasauliniam inovacijų indeksui. Mokslinės literatūros ir statistinių duomenų analizės pagrindu parodoma, jog Lietuvos žinių visuomenę apibūdinantis pasaulinis inovacijų indeksas atsilieka nuo kitų Europos Sąjungos (ES) šalių narių ir pasaulio valstybių, nes mokslo tyrėjų veiklos rezultatai ir žinių darbuotojų skaičius bei jų produktyvumas Lietuvoje yra menki, nors žmogiškųjų išteklių pozicija yra stipri, tačiau šį rodiklį lemia tik didelis bendras studentų aukštosiose mokyklose skaičius. Tai neigiamai veikia šalies konkurencingumą pasaulio šalių rinkose.