OLI 7405 Motivating Employee Engagement in Workplace Learning and Professional Development
Employees must be motivated and engaged in their own professional development both for themselves and the organization. Engaged employees drive improved organizational performance and can be the source of innovation that will helps create the organization’s future. In this course students will grapple with how to foster engagement in workplace learning as a means of increasing employee satisfaction, as well as team and organizational productivity. Special attention will be paid to strategies for engaging employees in creating the future of the organization through innovation. The research on employee engagement in professional growth and development will be explored as the foundation for students developing their own strategies for motivating interest and engagement in learning and innovation opportunities provided by the organization.