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INDUCTION AND

ORIENTATION
KANHAIYA LAL KEDIA
MBA IInd SEM
Orientation is a systematic and
planned introduction of employees
to their jobs,their co-workers and
the organization.

‘ K ASWATHAPPA’

MEANING OF
ORIENTATION/INDUCTION
General information

Firm’s review

Presentation

Reduction of anxiety

PURPOSE OF ORIENTATION
Formal or informal

Individual or collective

Serial or disjunctive

Investiture and divestiture

TYPES OF ORIENTATION
PROGRAMME
The management has a structured
programme.

Elaborate programme.

FORMAL ORIENTATION
General introduction

Specific orientation

Follow-up meeting

STAGES OF FORMAL ORIENTATION


The management has an unstructured
programme.

Innovative

Brief

INFORMAL ORIENTATION
Less homogenous

Expensive

Time consuming

Useful for small firms

INDIVIDUAL ORIENTATION
Homogenous

Economical

Less time consuming

Useful for large firms

COLLECTIVE ORIENTATION
 Experienced employee inducts a new
hire.

Maintains customs and traditions

Minimum change

SERIAL ORIENTATION
Inventive and creative.

Untraditional.

DISJUNCTIVE ORIENTATION
Itseeks to ratify the usefulness of the
characteristics that the person brings to
the new job.

INVESTITURE ORIENTATION
Itseeks to make minor modifications in
the characteristics of the new hire,though
he or she was selected based on his or
her potential for performance.

DIVESTITURE ORIENTATION
INTRODUCTION
To supervisor
To trainers
To co workers
To employee counsellor

TOPICS OF ORIENTATION
PROGRAMME
JOB DUTIES
Job location
Job tasks
Job saving requirements
Overview of job
Job objectives

TOPICS OF ORIENTATION
PROGRAMME
References

Human Resource Management: K.


Asawathappa
Wikipedia
Businessdictionary.com
Google images

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