Discussion on Employee Engagement Efforts (1010 words)

First, write a 500-750 word essay on the effectiveness of employee engagement; then, in a brief discussion, consider how you would respond if you were surveyed at work and asked if you feel empowered (try to touch upon the distinction between employee satisfaction and engagement).

If we contend that employee engagement is good for employees and—somehow—is as a result good for a firm’s bottom line, the unavoidably necessary follow-up question must be: is it? Do the facts back up the theory, however persuasive the conceptual case may be for engaged employees contributing (in some presumably significant way) to profits, or to mission-execution for non-profits, and to growth? Admittedly, it is tempting to buy into the idea that happy employees who truly want to be at work will be more productive and will lead to a firm ‘doing better’ than if its employees were unhappy and would do anything to be elsewhere. But notice that that does not have to be true...

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