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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
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NFQ level 9 Credit Rating
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
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Description
The purpose of this module is to examine the theory and practice related to employee engagement and the role of employee voice in achieving mutual gains for the company and its employees. This will involve an exploration of the main theories relating to engagement and employee voice at work and how these are put into practice by organisations. It aims to equip managers with the tools required to assess and enhance the level of engagement in their company.

Learning Outcomes
1. Review the HR strategies for engagement currently in use in their organisations.
2. Analyse the relevant theories relating to engagement and employee voice at work.
3. Critically evaluate the research on engagement and workplace partnership and assess its relevance in creating mutual gains in their own workplace.
4. Assess the linkages between the external context, HR strategy, and employee engagement as drivers of firms performance.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24Theories of engagement & employee voice, engagement & personal resources, case study evidence on engagement in major organisational changes, HR strategies for engagement: challenges & trends.
Independent learning60reading, research, collaboration, exercises
Examination41Group presentations, individual assignments
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Learning Activities.
Participants will engage in a series of exercises that have been designed to explore various aspects of HR strategies for engagement..

Overview of the main perspectives on employee engagement.
Examine managerial and psychological perspectives on employee engagement..

Engagement and employee voice.
Industrial Relations in Ireland; Employee voice;Workplace partnership in theory and practice..

Engagement and individual differences.
Engagement in theory & practice; Measuring engagement; Building strategies for engagement..

Case study evidence: engagement in major organisational changes.
Employee engagement in ‘lean’ production;Employee engagement in & with SMEs;Employee voice & engagement in the change of the reward system..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Presentation1. Group presentation on engagement in a major organisational change30%Every Week
Project2. Apply the core concepts from this course to analyse and propose practicable improvements to the HR strategies for engagement in your own organization.70%Sem 1 End
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
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Indicative Reading List
  • Bakker, A & Leiter: 2010, Work engagement: a handbook of essential theory and research, Psychology Press, Sussex, 
  • Kochan, T. A. and Osterman, P: 1994, Mutual Gains Enterprise: Forging a Winning Partnership Among Labor, Management, and Government., Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 
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