MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Anticipatory Socialization, Performance Appraisal, Job Performance
9 Mar 2018
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Chapter 8 & 10 orientation and training performance management. Orientation: long term socialization process between employee and employer, onboarding a procedure for providing new employees with basic background information about the firm and the job. Training: short-term efforts to impart information and instructions related to the job. Purpose of orientation: part of ongoing socialization process, helps reduce first day jitters and reality shock, foundation for ongoing performance management (by providing expectations through detailed explanations to evaluate performance) Internal publications (handbooks, newsletters, company history: facility tour and staff introductions, job-related documents and explanation of duties, responsibilities, expected training to be received, performance appraisal criteria. Special orientation situations: diverse workforce, e. g. orientation no longer (officially) referred to as frosh here at ru due to age and religious considerations & safety and legal considerations, mergers and acquisitions, union versus non-union employees, multi-location organizations.
