This Master Thesis examines employee engagement of a case company production unit that operates in health technology. According to the recent employee survey results, 58% of the production unit employees are actively disengaged. This acts as a major business challenge that affects the production unit reaching the production goals. Thus, the objective of this thesis is to enhance employee engagement in the case company production unit.

In this Thesis, the chosen research approach uses data collection from interviews, group discussion and observation as its main data sources, due to the qualitative nature of this study. The research design investigates the concept of employee engagement from existing academic literature and merges the data collection findings with best practice of employee engagement into a proposal validated by the case company representative.

The outcome of this Thesis is a proposal to enhance employee engagement in the case company production unit. This proposal identifies valuable practices of employee engagement in the value profit chain and collects recommendations to improve employee engagement in the case company production unit. The outcome of this study highlights the importance of creating value with employees for organizational success through improved employee engagement.

The results of this study will aid the case company to improve the production unit and to understand the importance of employee engagement for creating value in an organization. The case company plans to implement the proposal of this study and utilize a plan implementing employee engagement as part of its core business strategy. Based on the results of this study, the case company plans to take further steps for improving its productivity and growth.