HROB 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Union Representative, Inductive Transfer, Cognitive Dissonance

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 2100
• Professor: Tom Medcof

Document Summary

Orientation: long term continuous socialization process in which employee and employer expectations or obligations are considered: focus on organization-specific topics, orientation attempts to transfer learning into behavior. Training: short-term, discrete efforts in which organizations impart information and instructions in an effort to help the recipient gain the required skills or knowledge to perform the job at adequate levels. Problems with orientation programs: too much info provided in a short amt of time and new employee is overwhelmed. Or no orientation is provided: info provided could be too broad to be meaningful. Or too detailed to realistically be remembered. Executive integration: ongoing informal orientation process, w the aim to build a strong employee bond w organizational values, history and tradition. Providing realistic into to job candidates and providing support regarding reality shock. Assessing each candidates previous record at making organizational transition. Stressing the importance of listening as well as demonstrating competency, and promoting more time spent talking w the boss.