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Functions and Activities of HR: Employee Engagement in Non-Union and Union Organizations
Welcome to Week 7.

Reviewing the Introduction and Learning Outcomes on this page will orient you to this week's topics and activities.


Introduction

What are some of the factors that you think lead employees to be enthusiastic or passionate about their work? Compensation and benefits, as you have explored in previous weeks of this course, are certainly factors that help keep employees. What else can an organization do to not only keep employees, but to keep them happy and motivated?

This week you will explore several positions on the topic of fostering employee engagement, the idea that the most productive employees are those who feel an emotional attachment to their positions, their colleagues, and their organizations as a whole.


Learning Outcomes


By the end of this week, you will be able to:

Understand methods and tactics for keeping employees engaged and productive

Understand the link between organizational policy and practice and both the effectiveness of managers and the behaviors of individual employees

Formulate best practices for HR policies affecting individual employees