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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 5/e
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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 5/e

by Gary Dessler
January 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
480 pages
32h 52m
English
Pearson
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Orienting/Onboarding New Employees

Learning Objective 1

  1. Summarize the purpose and process of employee orientation.

Carefully selecting employees doesn’t guarantee they’ll perform effectively. Even high-potential employees can’t do their jobs if they don’t know what to do or how to do it. Making sure your employees do know what to do and how to do it is the purpose of orientation and training. The human resources department usually designs the orientation and training programs, but the supervisor does most of the day-to-day orienting and training. Every manager therefore should know how to orient and train employees. We will start with orientation.

The Purposes of Employee Orientation/Onboarding

Employee orientation (often now called onboarding ...

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ISBN: 9780134740218