HRMG 1001 - Onboarding, Orientation, Socialization

Flashcards about Onboarding, Orientation, and Socialization in Human Resources Management.

Onboarding

The process of integrating a new employee into an organization.

Orientation

Activities that introduce a new employee to the organization.

Socialization

The process by which an employee begins to understand and accept the values, norms, and beliefs of an organization.

Compliance (in the 4 C's of onboarding)

Learning the basic rules and policies of the organization.

Culture (in the 4 C's of onboarding)

Understanding the norms and values of the organization.

Connection (in the 4 C's of onboarding)

Developing relationships with colleagues.

Clarification (in the 4 C's of onboarding)

Ensuring new employees understand their roles and responsibilities.

Onboarding (Definition)

Ongoing process of integrating a new employee into the organization.

Purpose of Onboarding

To make employees feel welcome; build effective team relationships; support employees to understand new duties and performance expectations; promote organizational objectives and values; introduce organizational culture and social standards.

Virtual Onboarding

Utilizing web-based technology to provide documentation, training, and employee engagement activities.

Orientation Objectives

Activities that introduce new employees to the organization, helping them understand their jobs, learn about the organization, establish work relationships, and learn about policies.

Orientation Purposes

To reduce turnover, reduce errors, develop clear expectations, reduce need for discipline, improve job performance, minimize poor behaviour, reduce anxiety, reduce grievances.

Socialization (Definition)

To understand and accept the values, norms, and beliefs held by others in the organization.

Onboarding (vs. Orientation)

The means by which a firm socializes its new employees, including employee orientation but going beyond it.

Elements of Onboarding

Role clarity, self-efficacy, social acceptance.

Creative Socializing Ideas

Invite new hires for lunch, create videos for a warm welcome, gamify orientation, host trivia nights, organize an office tour scavenger hunt, send a care package.

Summary of Onboarding, Orientation, and Socialization

Helps new employees understand the job, technical, and cultural aspects of the workplace, and speeds up the learning curve.