Objectives of Induction

Objective of induction is while introducing the new employee, the supervisor or manager should aim at:

1. Putting the new employee at ease.
2. Creating interest in his job and company.
3. Providing basic information about working arrangements.
4. Indicating the standards of performance and behaviour expected of him. Making the employee feel that his job, however small, is meaningful, that he is not a cog in the vast wheel.
5. Informing him about training facilities.
6. Creating the feeling of social security.
7. Minimizing the reality shock which would be caused due to incompatibility caused between the employee expectations and actually what the company provides regarding pay, status, working conditions, responsibility, opportunity for growth