Reference Book

Human Resource Management

Dr. M. Ataur Rahman
Zulfiqar Hasan
Md. Rabiul Islam Rabi
 Chapter-6
Orientation and Socialization
 Definition of Orientation
Gerry Dessler: Employee orientation is a
procedure for presiding new employees with
basic background information about the firm.
DeCenzo & S.P Robbins: An orientation program
should familiarize the new member with the
organizations objections, history, philosophy,
procedures and rules, communicate relevant
personnel policies such as hours of work, pay,
procedures and quintiles, fringe benefits etc.
 Steps of Orientation

1. Reception:
2. Acceptance stage:
3. Executives personal interest:
4. Introducing with colleagues:
5. Introducing with supervisors:
6. Introduce with service and regulations:
7. Understanding the facilities:
8. Follow up:
9. Introducing duties and responsibilities:
 Contents of Orientation

1. Principles, history and management

procedure of the organization.
2. Products or services of the organization.
3. Factory, machineries and other
instruments of the organization
4. Organizational structure
5. Duties and responsibilities to the
organization
 Contents of Orientation
6. Wages structure
7. Rules and regulations and of the
organization
8. Idea about tours department
9. Work schedule
10. Joint negotiation contract
11. Employees facilities such as, life
insurance, group insurance, medical
allowances, pension, provident fund etc.
12. Safety measurement
 Contents of Orientation

13.Training facilities
14.Principles of promotion
15.Introduce with the co-workers
16.Employees equalization
17.Specification of employees duty.
 Objectives of Orientation

1. To introduce with the goals and

objectives of the organization.
2. To enhance interest of employees
towards the organizations.
3. To create positive attitude towards the
organization.
4. To build morale of employees.
5. To raise the potentiality of the
employees.
6. To help the new employees to adjust
themselves with the organization.
7. To encourage the employees to
maintain the rules and principles of the
organization.
 Advantages/Merits of Orientation
Program
1. Good feeling: At first new employees feel
well and good by introducing with old
employees. After orientation new employees
feel relax and comfortable.
2. Building confidence: Orientation helps to
build confidence of the new employees
which creates positive attitude towards the
organization.
 Advantages/Merits of Orientation Program
3. Instruction: Employees are given instruction
about the nature, objectives, goal of the
organization. As that they can perform better.
4. Idea about the Product and Service:
Employees are given Idea about the
organizations Product and Service.
Orientation helps the new employees to
understand this duties and rights to
organization.
5. Reduces turnover: It reduces the employees
turnover which is beneficial to organization.
 Advantages/Merits of Orientation Program
6. Reduce cost: It reduces the administrative
cost.
7. Reduce wastage: It reduces the wastage of
time of administration as well.
8. Inspire employees: It inspired the employees
to the initiative.
9. Close to the organization: By orientation
employees become close to organization.
 Advantages/Merits of Orientation Program

10. Motivate the employees: It motivates the

employees to work better.
11. Interest to give effort: Employees feel
interest to give their effort.
12. Create interpersonal relationship: It helps
to create interpersonal relationship among
new employees and old employees.
 Factors of Successful Orientation
Program

1. Extensive supervision
2. Constant presence of advisor
3. Deep follow up.
4. Supervision during trial period
Supervisors Role in the Orientation of New
Employees

1. Introduce the organization: Supervisors

help the new employees to introduce with
organization that employees have enough
knowledge about the organization. It is
impossible for them to introduce themselves
to organization with their own interest. So
they need supervisors help.
Supervisors Role in the Orientation of New
Employees

2. Present work conditions: Supervisor

presents the working conditions and
procedures of the work logically so that it can
clears the ideas of new employees.
3. Present package of benefits: Where
supervisor present which types of benefits the
new employees will get from the organization.
There are various types of facilities like
training, salary, bonus, promotion etc.
Supervisors Role in the Orientation of
New Employees
4. Explain specific authorities and
responsibilities: Supervisor plays an import ant role
to given an idea in which position new employees are
in now. Supervisor describes the specific duties and
responsibilities of new employees.
5. Accountability: Supervisor tries to inform the new
employees by whom the new employees have to
show their accountability and the supervisor also
inform the rules of accountability to the new
employees.
Supervisors Role in the Orientation of New
Employees

7. Introduce with co-worker: Supervisor not

only introduce the new employees to
organization but also by introduce the new
employees with co-workers and managerial
persons. So that employees can develop
interpersonal relationship with them. If they
can have clear about the people they are
above to understand. What type of
performance organization expect from them.
 Definition of Socialization
Garry Dessler: Socialization is the on going
process of instilling in all employees the
prevailing attitude, standards, values, and
pattern of behavior that are exported by the
organization and its department.
F. Wager: Socialization refers to the mutual
adoption of new employees and new
employer to one another.
 Definition of Socialization
Kreitner: Organizational socialization is the
process through which outsiders are
transformed into accepted insiders. In effect,
the socialization process shapes new comers
to fit the organizational culture.
DeCenzo & Robbins: In the content of
organization, the term socialization refers to
all passages undergone by employees.
 Process of Socialization
Pre Arrival Stage

Encounter Stage

Metamorphosis Stage

Productivity Turnover

Commitment
 The Assumptions of Employee Socialization
Influence employee performance and
organizational stability: Employees
performance and organizations stability are
influences by socialization. If the employee
below what should be do or not then they can
perform better. Socialization helps the new
employees to understand the proper rules and
regulations of the organization.
 The Assumptions of Employee Socialization

2. Influence employee performance and

organizational stability: Employees
performance and organizations stability are
influences by socialization. If the employee
below what should be do or not then they can
perform better. Socialization helps the new
employees to understand the proper rules and
regulations of the organization.
 The Assumptions of Employee Socialization

3. New members suffer from anxiety:

Normally a new employee suffers from
anxiety when he joins an organization. Nature
of activities creates various mental pressures.
A new employee feels pressure to adjust
himself with senior executive officer, colleges,
rules and regulations etc. In this stage
socialization plays an important role.
 The Assumptions of Employee Socialization

4. Socialization does not occur a vacuum:

Socialization is such type of program which
does not occur in a vacuum. It is influenced
by other as-workers, senior administrative
officer, clients and so on. Employees are
determined to fulfill their expectation by the
influence of socialization.
 The Assumptions of Employee Socialization

5. Way to adjust new situation: When a new

employee joins in a new organization they
suffer from different types of anxiety. As
result it is difficult for a new employee to
adjust himself with organization. Organization
about similar strategy to adjust the new
employees in the organization. When
organization is success to make the new
employees understand about the rules and
regulations and adjective of organization, the
new employees can adjust themselves with
new situation. RABI, Lecturer, BIU
 Objectives of Socialization
Socialization is a process which helps the new
employees to adjust themselves with
organizations culture, rules and regulations,
working procedure etc. The main objectives
of socialization are to make the employees
comfortable while they are performing their
job in organization. There are three types of
objectives which are given below:
1. Training on rules and regulations of an
organization.
 Objectives of Socialization
2. Buildings inter personal relationship.
3. Ensuring belongingness.
From the above discussion we can say that these
are three main adjectives of socialization. If
organization wants to fulfill its desire
expectations the organization needs to
execute the adjectives of socialization.
 Classification/Types of Socialization
Formal socialization: Formal socialization is a
process by which new appointed employees are given
clear and complete ideas about organizations goal,
expectation, rules and regulations and introduce with
other employees.
Informal socialization: When organization does not
introduce the new employees formally and devote the
new employees with this activities directly it is called
informal socialization. In this process the new
employees can gain knowledge about the organization
from different working experience.
 Classification/Types of Socialization
3. Individual Socialization: Individual socialization is
such type of program when any employee gets
opportunity to introduce himself with other employees
of the organization separately. But it is time
consuming and costly. So most of the organization
does not encourage individual socialization.
4. Collective socialization: When new employees are
introduced collectively with other employees of the
organizations it is called collective socialization. As a
result employees can get proper ideas and views and
some of their problems easily.
 Classification/Types of Socialization

5. Fined socialization: Organization adapts fined

socialization program to accept the new employees
cordially and introduce the employees with
organizations activities.
6. Variable socialization: It is just the appropriate of
fined socialization. Where organization adapts
different types of socialization program which is
more suitable. This program can be changed
anytime to introduce the new employees with
organization.
 Classification/Types of Socialization

7. Serial socialization: Serial socialization is such

types of socialization program where an
experienced employee guides the employees in a
proper way so that the can get new employees idea
about the organization clearly.
8. Disjunctive socialization: Where socialization is
not maintained continuously and where
organization does not appoint any guide officer for
the new employees, it is called disjunctive
socialization.
 Classification/Types of Socialization
9. Investiture socialization: Investiture is home self
when senior executives are elected an appointed.
In this program organization tries to appoint or
sheet them without any complain formalities.
10. Divestiture socialization: In this program
organization give the new employees extra
pressure to perform. Those who are not able to
show this attitude under pressure. So this type of
program should be closed for of betterment of
organization.
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