Module 6 Flashcards
Onboarding, Training, Development and Career Planning
Onboarding
Aims at integrating new employees into the organisation quickly.
Successful Onboarding
Gets new employees being productive quickly, avoid errors, reduce new hire attrition, set expectations, and reduce employee stress.
Orientation
Should familiarize the employee with the organisation as a whole.
Socialization
Helps the newcomer to understand organisational values and “how things are done here”.
Best practices for Onboarding
Introduce team members, paperwork ready, tour the facility.
Training Benefits to the Employer
Increased productivity, fewer accidents, less attrition, cost reduction, increased profits and a better image.
Training Benefits to the Employee
Increased engagement, new skills, potential for promotion, more confidence, sense of growth and retain employability.
The 7 Learning Styles
- Verbal
- Auditory (Aural)
- Logical
- Visual
- Physical
- Social
- Solitary
On-the-Job Training
Traditional OTJ training, job rotation, apprentiships, job enlargement, job enrichment. (most effective)
Off-the-Job Training
Lectures and formal training, simulations and labs, role play, digital training, self-study.
Digital Training
Pre-recorded videos, webinars, VR, open online courses, wikis, blogs.
Employee Development (ED)
Aims at preparing employees taking on increased responsibility in the future.
Training and Development Strategies
(from least effective to most effective)
cognitive, behaviour, environment
Training and ED Evaluation Methods
- Participant reaction
- Knowledge/Skill Test
- Behaviour observation
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Organizational Results
Career Planning
Determining your interests and career goals and developing a plan to reach them.
