Induction

&
Placement

Course Code: HRM101

L: 10 & 11
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Learning Objectives

• Understand the nature and purpose of

orientation
• Describe the stages in orientation
• Identify the problems faced in placing new
hires

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Orientation
• Also known as Induction and Onboarding

• Orientation is the systematic and planned

introduction of employees to their jobs,
their co-workers and the organisation.
Contd…

An orientation program usually contains 3

types of information:
General information about daily work
routine
Review of organization's history
Information about organization’s policies,
work rules and employee benefits

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Types of Orientation Programmes

• Strategic choices
– formal or informal
– individual or collective
– serial or disjunctive
– investiture or divestiture

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 Formal/Informal

• Structured program Vs. Non Structured

program

• Advantage of having a structured program is

that the new employee will acquire a known
set of standards expected by the
organization.

What could be the advantage of having an

informal program?
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 Individual/Collective

• Individual program preserves individual

differences and perspectives.

• Collective programs advantage is that it

helps the new hires share anxieties and
make friends with each other.

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 Serial/Disjunctive

• Serial Orientation is when an experienced

employee inducts the new hire, acting as
a mentor and tutor.

• Orientation becomes disjunctive when a

guide is not available for the new hire.

Advantages and disadvantages??

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 Investiture/Divestiture

• Investiture seeks to ratify the usefulness

of the characteristics brought in by the
new employee.

• Divestiture seeks to modify the

characteristics brought in by the new hire.

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Formal Orientation Programme

Organisational
Issues
HR
Employee
Representative
Benefits
Introduction

Special Anxiety-
To
Reduction
Placement
Seminars

Specific Job
Supervisor Location and
Duties

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 Evaluation of Orientation Program

Evaluation methods include

•Questionnaires
•Group discussions
•Follow-up interviews

Ideally evaluation should be done after a

time period, once the employee has settled
into his job.

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 Problems of Orientation

• Supervisor who is entrusted with the job is not trained

or is too busy.
• Employee is overwhelmed with too much information
in a short time.
• Employee is overloaded with forms to complete.

• Employee is asked to perform tasks where there are

high chances of failure that could needlessly
discourage the employee.
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Problems of Orientation (contd..)

•Employee is thrown into action too soon.

•Employee’s mistakes can damage the company.

•Employee may develop wrong perceptions

because of short periods spent on each job.

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Placement

Placement refers to the allocation of people

to their jobs.

It includes initial assignment of new

employees, and promotion, transfer, or
demotion of present employees.

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Model of Employee Placement
Assessment-Classification

Collect details about the employees

Construct his or her profile

Which subgroup profile does the individual’s profile best fit?

Compare subgroup profile to job family profiles

Which job family profile does subgroup profile best fit?

Assign the individual to job family

Assign the individual to specific job after further counselling and assessment

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Reality Check

• You were subject to orientation on the

first day of your entry into the
school/college. What was your
experience? With the knowledge of
induction you have now gained after
reading this chapter, could you suggest to
your Principal/Dean a new programme of
orientation?

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MCQ’s

Which of the following is not an objective of

employee orientation?
a. preventing employee alienation
b. developing team spirit
c. acclimatizing the employees
d. raising the salary of the employees

B
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MCQ’s

To which level of employee do you use an

investiture orientation program?
a. Lower level managers
b. Workers
c. Supervisors
d. Top level managers

D
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MCQ’s

Orientation programs that aim at reinforcing

the values and beliefs brought in by the new
employees is called
a. tournament-oriented strategy
b. contest-oriented strategy
c. investiture strategy
d. divestiture strategy

C
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MCQ’s

The process of introducing or integrating the

new employees into the organizational
culture is known as
a. placement
b. socialization
c. orientation
d. none of the above

B
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MCQ’s

The process of finding an appropriate fit

between the people and the positions in an
organization is called
a. orientation
b. placement
c. socialization
d. none of the above

B
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