Ways employees can be helped to engage with their organisations

 

Learning outcomes: 1 Define the meaning of employee   engagement, including how it can be linked to and yet be distinguished from other related concepts. 2 Understand the components of employee engagement, with reference to the application of relevant HR policies, strategies and practices. 3 Explain the importance of employee engagement as a contributor to positive organisational outcomes currently and in the future in the UK and/or internationally. 4 Identify the main factors (drivers and enablers) in HR strategies and practices that are intended to raise levels of employee engagement in a specific organisational context. Assessment Method: Individual Written Essay, 2000 words Assignment Brief: Perceptions of employee engagement vary and differ between academics and practitioners. There are many organisations that believe that employee engagement is better achieved by providing employees with great experiences at work. Read some of the arguments in the blogsite of People Insight: https://peopleinsight.co.uk/employee-experience-vs-engagement/ Your task is to outline and argue about all possible ways that employees can be helped to engage with their organisations and their job. ·         Who should be responsible to facilitate engagement of all organisational members? ·         How can this happen more successfully? ·         Should engagement be part of an organisation’s strategic plan? ·         What path do you think engagement is taking in the future? Your essay needs to respond successfully to all learning outcomes of the module.

University Regulations

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Final suggestions

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– Do use academic textbooks and published academic journal articles (newspapers are not articles); use post-year 2007 academic work.