Induction and orientation provides new employees with important information about the organization, their role, and expectations. The goals are to help new hires feel comfortable in their new environment and understand how their work contributes to organizational needs. An effective orientation program determines what information employees need, presents it clearly, and allows employees to ask questions. It covers topics such as company history, policies, employee benefits, job duties, and introduces new employees to coworkers and supervisors. The orientation process helps reduce anxiety for new employees as they transition into their new roles.
2. Introduction
 Induction is carried out to provide a new
employee with the information he/she needs
to function comfortably and effectively in the
organization’s needs and
 Explaining the new recruit about
organization's policies, work rules and
employee benefits
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3. Expectation of a new comer
 Opportunities for advancement
 Social status and prestige
 Responsibility
 Opportunity to use special aptitude on his
educational background
 Challenges and adventure
 Opportunity to be creative and original
 Lucrative salary
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4. Information conveyed
 It conveys three type of information:
1. General information about the daily work
routine
2. A review of firm’s history, founding
fathers, objectives, operations, products and
services
3. Explaining as to how the employee’s job
contribute to the organization needs
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5. Purpose of orientation
 The purpose of orientation is to make the
new employees feel ‘at home’ in the new
environment
 Further induction reduces the anxiety of new
employees by providing them information
about job environment and on supervisors, by
introducing the co-workers, and by
encouraging them to ask questions
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6. Requisite of an effective
programme
 Prepare the new employee
 Determine information new employee want
to know
 Determine how to present the information
 Completion of formalities and paper work
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7. Information/Issues covered in
orientation
 Organizational Information
 History
 Names and title of key executives
 Employee title and department
 Layout of physical facilities
 Employee activities and services
 Probationary period
 Production process, product line and services
provided
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9. Information on employee
benefits
 Pay scale and pay day
 Vacation and holiday
 Rest breaks
 Training and education
 Grievances/Counseling
 Insurance benefits
 Retirement benefits
 Monitory and non monitory incentives
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10. Job/ duties
 After introducing the co-workers, supervisors
and training head, and Manager the
employee will be briefed to his duties like:
 Job location
 Overview of the job
 Job objective
 Relationship to other jobs
 Job safety requirements and so on
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