Week 8 - Onboarding, Training and Career Planning Flashcards
Two components of onboarding
Orientation and Socialization
What is socialization?
The process by which people adapt to an organization through learning and accepting the values and beliefs held by others in the organization.
What are orientation programs?
Programs that familiarize new employees with their roles, the organization it’s policies and other employees.
Strategic Importance of onboarding
- Reduce employee turnover
- Reduce errors and save time
- Develop clear job and organizational expectations
attain acceptable job performance levels faster
Needs assessment?
A diagnosis that presents problems and future challenges that can be met through training or development
The three training objectives?
- Desired behaviours
- Conditions/environment under which training is to occur
- Acceptable performance criteria
Learning principles?
Guidelines to the ways people learn most effectively:
participation
repetition
relevance
transference
Define onboarding?
The process of integrating and accumulating new employees into organization and providing them with the tools, resources and knowledge to become successful and productive
The two training techniques?
on the job and off the job
On the job training techniques
Job rotation
Apprenticeships
Coaching
Off the job training techniques
Lectures/videos
Roleplaying
Self-study
Case study
Job labs and simulations
How to create employee development plans?
- Assess employee’s needs and aspirations
- Link to business goals
- Identify learning and development activities
- Determine resources
- Identify barriers
The different developmental strategies
Cognitive - increase knowledge, lectures and seminars
Behavioural - role-playing, change management style
Environmental - job rotations, training, exchange, mentoring, coaching
What are the three aspects of Orientation?
- introduce employees to the organization, their policies, who they are
- Talk about their compensation
- Talk about their role and where they go, objectives, relationships to others, tasks etc.
Why should a company train employees?
- The employee may not be fully operational
- for retention and lifelong learning for employee
- to work effectively with others
Develop new skills with technology, environment and society
