Motivation Mechanism Study On Kownledge Workers Of Our Nation

Knowledge-based work, which is innovative as well as unpredictable, has become the main working model in knowledge economy society. For enterprises,their core competence lies in their capacity in knowledge management and whether they can survive and thrive in this highly competitive business world is very much determined by its absorption, creation and utilization of knowledge. Therefore as the owner of knowledge capital in enterprises, knowledge workers constitute the key element in enterprise management.As Peter F.Drucker has pointed out, knowledge worker productivity will become both the center issue in human resource management and the biggest challenge in enterprise management in 21st century. However, an increasing number of them, especially those in hi-tech industry are faced with serious challenges in terms of knowledge staff motivation. As a result, it is a top priority for managers in today's world to know their needs and wants and find a way to motivate them effectively. Against such background, this paper chooses knowledge workers as its research target. The authors intends to conduct a study on such factors as what knowledge workers needs and wants which have a bearing on their group behavior in an effort to find out the motivation mechanism which may apply to Chinese enterprises. By doing so the author expects to provide some significant information with regard to knowledge worker motivation in Chinese enterprises.In the beginning the author makes a study on the status quo of knowledge staff motivation and also explains the significance of such a study on the development of enterprises. Then the author briefs us on the basic concepts, characteristics and theories about knowledge workers. Furthermore, a careful analysis and comparison on needs and wants factors in enterprises are conducted in many ways such as abundant literature review and survey etc. Based on this research, the author finally provides some principles enterprise should abide by when establishing motivation system as well as concrete methods on the motivation of knowledge staff .