Management and Organizational Studies 3385A/B Lecture 7: Lecture 7

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3385A/B
• Professor: Gail Robertson

Document Summary

Explain how to develop an orientation program. Discuss two techniques used for assessing training needs. Evaluate at least five traditional training techniques. Describe how to evaluate the training effort. Explain several common types of training for special purposes. Providing employees with basic background information about the job and the organization (onboarding) Purpose of orientation programs: part of ongoing socialization process, foundation of ongoing performance management. Improved retention levels and reduced recruitment cost: fewer grievances. There are special orientation situations (ie. employees from another country, after merger) Problems with orientation programs: too much information in a short time, too many forms to fill out, little to no orientation, hr information too broad, supervisory information too detailed. Evaluation of orientation: ask people how they felt about it, take a survey. Investigate how new hire is doing (did they get what they needed during orientation?)