Induction

After a new employee is hired into an organization, it is necessary he or she be familiar to organization's philosophies, goals and objectives, policies, procedures, rules and regulations and practices. This orientation is called employee induction. It is basically a systematic attempt to introduce the new employee to the organization, the relevant department, the relevant job and the relevant personnel. Moreover, the new employee will know who his/her superiors, subordinates and peers are.

Induction can be defined as The HRM function that systematically and formally introduces new employees to the organization, the jobs, the work groups to which they will belong and the work environment where they will work. According to the above definition it is necessary to plan a good orientation program for the new employees. Then the new comers will know what they need to do and what the firm or organization is expecting from them. This mutual understanding will help the new employee to survive in the organization in the beginning. Moreover, the induction program will introduce the new employee to the organization and vice versa. Induction is the process of receiving and welcoming an employee when he first joins the company and giving him the basic information that he or she needs to know in order to settle down quickly. Induction is designed to achieve following objectives:-

• Help the new employee overcome shyness and nervousness in meeting new people in a new environment.
• Give the new employee the necessary information such as the location of a cafe and other locations.
• Help the new employee build confidence in the organization.
• Help in reducing labor turnover and absenteeism.
• Reduce confusion and develops healthy relations in the organization.
• Ensure that the new comer does not form false impressions and develop a negative attitude towards the organization.
• Develop among the new comers a sense of belonging and loyalty to the organization.