Business organisations function best when they make their employees$$ commitment, potential, creativity and capability central to their operation. Clearly having enough cash, and a sensible strategy, are vital. But how people behave at work can make the crucial difference between business and operations being a success or failure.

Employee engagement strategies enable people to be the best they can at work, recognising that this can only happen if they feel respected, involved, heard, well$-$led and valued by those they work for and with.

Engaged employees have a sense of personal attachment to their work and organisation; they are motivated and able to give their best to help it succeed $$ and from that flows a series of tangible benefits for organisation and individuals alike.

Although improved performance and productivity is at the heart of engagement, it cannot be achieved by a mechanistic approach which tries to extract discretionary effort by manipulating employees$$ commitment and emotions. Employees see through such attempts very quickly; they lead instead to cynicism and disillusionment. By contrast, engaged employees freely and willingly give discretionary effort, not as an $$add on$,$ but as an integral part of their daily activity at work.

Source: Macleod, D and Clarke, N$.2009,$Engaging for Success: Enhancing performance through employee engagement$,$ A report to Government, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

To prepare for the challenge, please click below and read and reflect on the excerpt on employee engagement:

Circle of Employee Engagement

Now consider the following:

Securing the engagement and commitment of staff is easy. Simply apply Herzberg$$s two$-$factor theory of motivation and give attention to first the hygiene factors and then the motivating factors.

Please post your response to the following questions:

To what extent would you support this contention?

What is likely to determine your level of engagement with and commitment to a work organisation?

please include academic reference