Employee Engagement Benefits to Employee and Employer
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: BENEFITS TO EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER Introduction The survival of corporate industries is dependent on maximizing profits from existing capabilities, while recognizing and adjusting to the fact that what may work today may not necessarily work in the future (Kortmann et al. 2014). To make or maintain their companies’ profitability, leaders of companies must work hard to engage employees (Kortmann et al. 2014). However, leaders may sometimes struggle to adapt their organization in response to change if they limit their focus to existing products and processes (Hill & Birkinshaw, 2012). Understanding how to manage the balance between employee relations, adopting innovation, and maximizing short-term profits is critical to business leaders ensuring a viable future for their corporations (Hill & Birkinshaw, 2012). The use of advanced technologies, skilled labor, best practices, and education has helped to increase the efficiencies in many major org...