Module Details

Module Code: MGMT9027
Title: Employee Engagement
Long Title: Employee Engagement
NFQ Level: Expert
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2016/17 ( September 2016 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 3450 - Business & Management
Module Delivered in: 2 programme(s)
Module Description: This module provides learners with knowledge and understanding of the rationale for the emergence of employee engagement as a key priority for organisations and will enable them to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to assess the research, experiential and anecdotal evidence surrounding both the processes that facilitate employee engagement and the outcomes that may follow.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Critically analyse connections between employee engagement, managerial leadership and organisational and HR strategies.
LO2 Explore the critical contribution of employee engagement as a route to strategic, reputational and competitive excellence within a high-performance working environment.
LO3 Undertake an analysis of the relationships between levels of employee engagement and organisational performance.
LO4 Create a cost effective and strategically defensible action plan for promoting employee engagement within an organisation.
LO5 Systemically evaluate levels of employee engagement within organisations, functions and business units.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
11437 MGMT9029 Leading, Managing,Developing
Requirements

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
No requirements listed
 
Indicative Content
Definition
Concept exploration of employee engagement, including how it can be linked to and yet be distinguished from other related concepts such as involvement, participation, organisational citizenship and discretionary behaviour.
Strategy
Employee engagement pursued as a strategic imperative; implications for every thread of HR strategy and Practice; HR planning, resourcing, learning and development, performance management and reward.
Implementation
Implement HR strategies and practices intended to raise levels of employee engagement in a specific organisational context.
Context
Competing approaches that contextualise contemporary developments in employment relations.
Contemporary
Contemporary developments in employee involvement and participation.
Project
Undertake a project (ideally cross-modular) to design and implement a study to evaluate how employee engagement impacts organisational performance.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Written Report % of Total Mark 50
Timing Week 7 Learning Outcomes 1,2
Assessment Description
Employee Engagement
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 50
Timing Sem End Learning Outcomes 3,4,5
Assessment Description
Evaluate the effects of Employee Engagement on Organisational Performance.
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Delivery of course material and guest lecturers Every Week 3.00 3
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Self Study Every Week 4.00 4
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Lecture Theory Every Week 2.00 2
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Study Every Week 5.00 5
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Catherine Truss, Rick Delbidge, Kerstin Alfes, Amanda Shantz, Emma Slone. (2014), Employee Engagement in Theory and Practice, 1st. Routledge, New York, [ISBN: 9780415657419].
  • Gemma Robertson-Smith,. (2009), Employee Engagement, 1st. All, Institute for Employment Studies, Brighton, p.65, [ISBN: 9781851844210].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
  • Website, Website of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development,
    http://www.cipd.co.uk
  • Journal, Human Resource Management Journal.
  • Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management.
  • Journal, People Management.
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_BHRMN_9 Master of Arts in Human Resource Management 2 Mandatory
CR_BHRMG_9 Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in Human Resource Management 2 Mandatory