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    Employee orientation and training are important for new employees. [1] Orientation introduces employees to the company's vision, mission, and basic background. [2] Training teaches employees the skills needed to perform their jobs and makes them more flexible. [3] There is a five step training process that includes need analysis, instructional design, validation, implementation, and evaluation.

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    Employee orientation and training are important for new employees. [1] Orientation introduces employees to the company's vision, mission, and basic background. [2] Training teaches employees the skills needed to perform their jobs and makes them more flexible. [3] There is a five step training process that includes need analysis, instructional design, validation, implementation, and evaluation.

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    Shahid Hossain

    MGT 351

    Chapter 7 Orientation and training

    -Employee orientation
    -Proving a new group of employees with the basic
    background of the firm
    -Company’s vision and mission is promoted first
    -Also referred as employee socialization

    -Reality shock

    -Matters covered in the orientation

    -The training process


    -Training
    -Process of teaching new employees the basic skills
    they need to perform a job
    -It can be training on the industry laws pertaining the
    firm

    -Advantages of training
    -Helps the employees to become flexible
    -Business is more dynamic and volatile
    -Training earns employees’ commitment
    -An employee can become multi-skilled through cross
    training

    -Five step training and development process


    -Need analysis
    -Identify specific job skills requested to perform well in
    the job

    -Instructional design
    -Come up with a blue print of the program

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    -Validation
    -Validate the training before a representative audience

    -Implementation

    -Evaluation and follow up


    -Four criteria involves

    Training and learning


    -Provide the trainees with the synopsis of the training
    materials
    -Use as many visual aids as possible

    -Second phase of training


    -Identify the feature of machines in a step by fashion
    -Third phase of training
    -Motivate the trainees
    -Provide positive reinforcement when applicable
    -E.g. saying job well done
    -Let the trainees learn at their own pace but promote
    speed

    -Legal aspects of training


    -Training must be bias free and offer equal opportunity
    -If we have few numbers of women and minority then be
    prepared to answer why there is few
    -Avoid negligent training

    -Training needs analysis


    -Involves two phases to identify the training needs

    -Task analysis
    -Detailed study of a job to identify the skills required
    for the job so that an appropriate training can be
    devised

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    -Performance analysis

    -Other ways to identify training needs are

    -Task analysis: Assessing the training needs of new employees


    -Common practice of businesses is to hire inexperienced
    employees for lower echelon jobs and train them at
    company’s expense

    -Task analysis record form


    -It supplements the current job description and
    specification with a form outlines job and sub tasks
    into different criteria in columns

    -Column 1, task list

    -E.g.

    -Column 2, how often performed

    -Column 3, Quantity, quality standards

    -Column 4, Performance conditions


    -Stressful and noisy floor, too many client calls may
    distract

    -Column 5, Skills required

    -Column 6, Where best learned

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    -On the job training (OJT)


    -Training a person to do a job while working at it
    -Every employee gets some level of on the job training

    -Job rotation is another type of OJT

    -Apprenticeship training

    -Advantages of OJT

    -Step-by-step job instruction approach

    -Preparation of the learner

    -Presentation of the operation


    -Explain quality and quantity requirements

    -Performance tryout
    -Have the trainees go though the job several times

    -Follow up
    -Gradually decrease supervision

    -Lectures
    -It’s a good quick way to train a large number of people

    -Some guidelines for lectures

    -Don’t start out the wrong foot

    -Control, your hands

    -Quality of your voice

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    -Audiovisual technique
    -Use of films, close circuit TV, videotapes, etc.
    -Advantages
    -A picture is worth of thousand words
    -Reduce the cost of moving employees from place to
    place

    -Teletraining

    -Videoconferencing

    -Vestibule or simulated training


    -It is a necessity when the trainees life will be at risk or the
    equipment is extremely costly
    -Advantages of simulators

    -Training for international business


    -Here would be expatriates are trained for overseas
    assignments
    -Cultural awareness program
    -Language training

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