{"id":3076,"date":"2022-04-05T16:35:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=3076"},"modified":"2022-04-05T16:35:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:35:48","slug":"module-10-discussion-building-positive-employee-relations","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/chapter\/module-10-discussion-building-positive-employee-relations\/","title":{"raw":"Module 10 Discussion: Building Positive Employee Relations","rendered":"Module 10 Discussion: Building Positive Employee Relations"},"content":{"raw":"When a survey measures an organization\u2019s employee engagement, it measures \u201cretention elements\u201d and \u201cengagement elements.\u201d What\u2019s the difference?\r\n\r\nRetention elements include pay, benefits, or an entire compensation package. These are items that keep an employee working, but they don\u2019t create engagement. Employees will stay with a company that compensates them well. But this doesn\u2019t mean that they go above or beyond to achieve their goals or the goals of the organization.\r\n\r\nEngagement elements, on the other hand, are those elements that push an employee from a working drone to an active, engaged member of a work team who furthers the goals of the organization. Rewards and recognition is an example of an engagement element. When an employee is recognized for her contributions in front of her peers, for instance, her engagement level goes up. Other engagement elements include employee accountability\/ownership, leadership, culture, company vision, and corporate responsibility.\r\n<h2>Discussion Prompt<\/h2>\r\nSelect one engagement element from the following list:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>rewards\/recognition<\/li>\r\n \t<li>employee accountability\/ownership<\/li>\r\n \t<li>leadership<\/li>\r\n \t<li>culture<\/li>\r\n \t<li>company vision<\/li>\r\n \t<li>corporate responsibility<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFind a company that\u2019s exercising your chosen engagement element well. Do a quick write up of that company and how they\u2019re keeping their employees engaged with that element. Once you\u2019ve done your write up, review the write-ups of two of your classmates and make comments.\r\n<h2>Grading<\/h2>\r\nShare your opinions below and respond to two of your classmates\u2019 thoughts.\r\n<table><caption>Discussion Grading Rubric<\/caption>\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th scope=\"row\">Criteria<\/th>\r\n<th scope=\"col\">Not Evident<\/th>\r\n<th scope=\"col\">Developing<\/th>\r\n<th scope=\"col\">Exemplary<\/th>\r\n<th scope=\"col\">Points<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Submit your initial response<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>0 pts<\/strong>\r\nNo post made<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>5 pts<\/strong>\r\nPost is either late or off-topic<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>10 pts<\/strong>\r\nPost is made on time and is focused on the prompt<\/td>\r\n<td>10 pts<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Respond to at least two peers\u2019 presentations<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>0 pts<\/strong>\r\nNo response to peers<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>2<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>pts<\/strong>\r\nResponded to only one peer<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>5 pts\r\n<\/strong>Responded to two peers<\/td>\r\n<td>5 pts<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Total:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>15 pts<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"<p>When a survey measures an organization\u2019s employee engagement, it measures \u201cretention elements\u201d and \u201cengagement elements.\u201d What\u2019s the difference?<\/p>\n<p>Retention elements include pay, benefits, or an entire compensation package. These are items that keep an employee working, but they don\u2019t create engagement. Employees will stay with a company that compensates them well. But this doesn\u2019t mean that they go above or beyond to achieve their goals or the goals of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Engagement elements, on the other hand, are those elements that push an employee from a working drone to an active, engaged member of a work team who furthers the goals of the organization. Rewards and recognition is an example of an engagement element. When an employee is recognized for her contributions in front of her peers, for instance, her engagement level goes up. Other engagement elements include employee accountability\/ownership, leadership, culture, company vision, and corporate responsibility.<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Prompt<\/h2>\n<p>Select one engagement element from the following list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rewards\/recognition<\/li>\n<li>employee accountability\/ownership<\/li>\n<li>leadership<\/li>\n<li>culture<\/li>\n<li>company vision<\/li>\n<li>corporate responsibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find a company that\u2019s exercising your chosen engagement element well. Do a quick write up of that company and how they\u2019re keeping their employees engaged with that element. Once you\u2019ve done your write up, review the write-ups of two of your classmates and make comments.<\/p>\n<h2>Grading<\/h2>\n<p>Share your opinions below and respond to two of your classmates\u2019 thoughts.<\/p>\n<table>\n<caption>Discussion Grading Rubric<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Criteria<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Not Evident<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Developing<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Exemplary<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Points<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Submit your initial response<\/td>\n<td><strong>0 pts<\/strong><br \/>\nNo post made<\/td>\n<td><strong>5 pts<\/strong><br \/>\nPost is either late or off-topic<\/td>\n<td><strong>10 pts<\/strong><br \/>\nPost is made on time and is focused on the prompt<\/td>\n<td>10 pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Respond to at least two peers\u2019 presentations<\/td>\n<td><strong>0 pts<\/strong><br \/>\nNo response to peers<\/td>\n<td><strong>2<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>pts<\/strong><br \/>\nResponded to only one peer<\/td>\n<td><strong>5 pts<br \/>\n<\/strong>Responded to two peers<\/td>\n<td>5 pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>15 pts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-3076\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Discussion: Building Positive Employee Relations. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Freedom Learning Group. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":428269,"menu_order":15,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Discussion: Building Positive Employee Relations\",\"author\":\"Freedom Learning Group\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-3076","chapter","type-chapter","status-web-only","hentry"],"part":3025,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/428269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3077,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3076\/revisions\/3077"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3025"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3076\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=3076"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=3076"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=3076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}