HRM200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Inductive Transfer, Instructional Design, Task Analysis

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: Katrina Di Gravio

Document Summary

Orientation long term, attempts to transfer learning into behaviour using disciplined & continuous efforts. Training short term discrete efforts, enough info and instructions to help perform job at adequate level. New employees need a clear understanding of company procedures and policies. Good orientation program leads to reductions in turnover, increased morale, fewer corrective discipline, less injuries. Employee orientation (onboarding): basic info abt employer and specific info needed to perform job satisfactorily. Socialization: ongoing process of insitilling standards, values and accepted behaviours by company. Strong onboarding will speed up socialization thus increase productivity. Orientation reduces reality shock what the new employee expected to its realities. New employees should be advised to expect various reactions from current employes and be given tips on how to deal with it. They should know which reactions are prohibited under hrl. Employees need to be given info abt merger. New socialization process so change to restablish rules.