MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Job Performance
4 Dec 2013
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Process of integrating and acculturating new employees and knowledge to become successful and productive. Greater retention, faster time to productivity, increased motivation, and engagement. Example bank: high turnover because there are entry level jobs and people take them to get experience and put foot in door so they can move up in the organization. Several purposes: reduce need for discipline, reduce turnover, reduce errors, develop clear expectations, reduce grievances, reduce anxiety, organizational stability, and improve job performance. The continuing process by which an employee begins to understand and accept the values, norms, and beliefs held by others in the organization. May have taken place even before employees join organization. Training job related activities development future responsibilities. Companies compete in global economy fast-changing environment. Global competition has forced companies to flatten structures and reduce employees. Need to foster life-long learning to attract and retain multi-skilled employees. Training is needed to work effectively with diverse employees.
