TABLE OF CONTENTS What's in This Chapter?
Purpose and objectives of a departmental orientation programme
Preparations for a new worker's arrival in the department
Supervisor's responsibilities throughout the employee's first week in the job
The manager or supervisor plays a key role in the departmental orientation process. He or she usually is the first one to have contact with the new employee and so becomes the most influential person in developing the new employee's attitudes and impressions. The supervisor is responsible for giving the new employee the tools and resources to be successful in the new position.
This chapter presents a highly individualized and customized departmental orientation plan. In addition to the timelines, topics and activities, the chapter addresses strategies for assimilating the new employee into the actual work environment and into the organization's culture.
Orienting the new employee is intended
to develop good communications with the new employee from the start
to introduce the new employee to departmental goals, policies and procedures, customs and traditions
to convey responsibilities and expectations clearly
to provide the new employee with information that will ease the transition into his or her workplace.
Take the following actions to prepare for a new employee in the department:
| Tool CD | Inform the staff that a new employee will be joining the department. Tell them when the employee will arrive, what he or she will be doing, and where he or she will be located. Look at Tool... |
