Managing People: Importance of Employee Induction in Modern Workplace

This article discusses the importance of managing people in an organization. It focuses on the value and importance of employee induction in modern workplace, its steps, and its impact on reducing turnover rate of employees. The article also covers the theories related to employee induction and the concept of modern workplace.

Managing People

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Value and Importance of Employee Induction in the Modern Workplace......................................3
Employee Induction................................................................................................................3
Importance of Employee Induction........................................................................................3
Steps in Employee Induction..................................................................................................4
Modern Workplace.................................................................................................................5
Value and Importance of Employee Induction in Modern Workplace..................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Managing people means developing, growing and organising the performance of employees
in order to accomplish the business goals and objectives. It is a procedure of providing training,
directing and motivating the workforce for improving the productivity and growth of business.
The staff can be managed effectively by hiring the right candidate, measuring the staff
performance, encouraging employees to give their opinion, set clear goals and objectives and
reward for their hard work. The project is based on managing people in which a detailed
explanation of Employee Induction and its importance are discussed including its process and
value in Modern Workplace.
Value and Importance of Employee Induction in the Modern Workplace
Employee Induction
Employee Induction is an activity of introducing newly recruited candidate to the process
and culture of Organisation. It is conducted to make new employees feel comfortable with the
workplace and its environment so that they become socially comfortable and know their
professional responsibilities (Cattermole, 2019). Thus, Employee Induction program helps in
settling new joiner’s and provides detailed information of their roles and responsibilities in
Company. It is also known as Orientation, which helps in making new staff familiar with fellow
workers, subordinates, superiors. Manager ensures new employee must be aware of
Organisational policies, culture and its rules and regulation in order to work in effective and
efficient manner. Some of the Companies don’t organise Employee Induction program as they
feel this function can be performed by colleagues or subordinates of the new candidate. But
many Organisations lay emphasis on conducting the program as it helps in reducing the issues of
adaptability and adjustment to new working environment due to which the rate of turnover also
get decreased (Ganesh, 2016). The main objective of Employee Induction is to develop rapport
between firm and new staff and make them feel valuable part of business. Few Goals of
Employee Induction is to settle new candidates, make them understand about their
responsibilities and what is expected of them and ensures Organisation must receive benefit of
them.

Importance of Employee Induction
Employee Induction programme helps in integrating new employees into company and
make them familiar with its systems, culture, process and value. There are various importances
of Employee Induction they are as follows:
Shows professionalism of Business:
Employee induction helps in creating strong image of company by welcoming new hires
and making them comfortable with the workplace. For Organising the Induction function, a
proper planning is required so that new employees can be introduced in formalised way. It shows
the professionalism of business as Organisation works in professional standard by managing
their existing and new staff (Andrews and Turner, 2017).
Helps in settling new employee:
Employee Induction program provide a structure in order to make new employees settle
with their roles and responsibilities. Manager provides training benefits to new hires so that they
can accomplish the long term and short term goals of business. For running the business in
effective way, it is important to make staff feel comfortable with the integration process and
workplace culture of Organisation.
Reduces turnover rate of employees:
Employee Induction also helps in reducing turnover rate of employees as it provide
detailed information of Organisation and build initial relationship with colleagues, boss and job
so that they feel better while working in Company (Baker, 2017). By providing effective training
to new hires reduces the turnover rate of staff and also builds satisfaction among them.
Establish Good Communication:
The program also helps in establishing good communication as new candidate is
introduced to their supervisors and colleagues in order to build relationship. Through employee
induction, staff can understand the particular communication path that is used inside the
Organisation.
Theories related to employee induction
In order to run the effective employee induction programme it is necessary to have
theoretical knowledge, practical knowledge and employee integration.

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Organisation must have theoretical knowledge of employee induction programme for
attracting and retaining employees towards the brand. It is necessary to have practical knowledge
of employee induction programme so that they can evaluate the performance of each employee
in induction and encourage social interaction within team. Employee integration is a process of
building relationship with employees and integrating them in Organisation. Through these three
elements company can improve the employee induction programme and encourage more
candidates to improve the productivity of business.
Steps in Employee Induction
Employee Induction programs not begin and end on first day of joining, it includes the few
steps which are being assessed below:
Job Advert:
Company must design a job advert which must be realistic and reflects the culture and
value of business. The Job advert includes the aspect of work, pay scales, rules and regulations
and other information related to job profile (Becker and Bish, 2021). Through effective job
advertisement, organisation can attract more and more candidates and find the suitable person for
job profile. For hiring the right talent, it is necessary to satisfy their need and make them feel
valuable part of firm.
Application Pack:
The Application pack includes the detailed information of Organisation, its terms and
conditions and job description of the vacant position. Through application pack company can
provide their insight views and culture of working and also make candidate aware about the
conditions and contract of business.
Pre-Employment Handbook:

It is an introductory letter for the person who is selected for the vacant job profile. The
Pre-Employment Handbook includes the few points which employees need to consider while
joining on first day (Rasca, 2018). It includes the time and place where new hires should arrive,
transport arrangements, dress code, catering facilities, name of manager, list of documents
required and outline of the work on first day. Through Pre-employment handbook, employees
can predict what is going to happen on first day. The Handbook material will be successful when
new hires say the first day was as expected.
Primary Induction:
Primary Induction is face to face round between the employer and new candidate. It is
conducted to address the needs and requirements of employer and new employee such as
Conveniences, health and safety, personal details, important documents and other information. In
primary induction, employer ensures that new joiner’s must know the time recording procedure,
rules about phone use, health and safety rules, location of workplace and introduce to their
immediate colleagues and supervisors.
Modern Workplace
Modern workplace depicts the reality of how people want to work in this competitive
environment. It includes the digital tools that help businesses to develop modern workplace and
fulfil the need and requirements of people. The Modern Workplace is becoming more responsive
to problem and also focusing more on remote working. It is created by rethinking traditional
roles, investing more in employees, making the most of the technology and provides a purpose of
working. Organization must create modern workplace culture in order to attract more and more
investors and employees so that they gain competitive advantage over its competitors. Modern
workplace culture helps in engaging employees in open dialogues and also builds trust among
employees to manage their work schedules (Macarenko and et. al., 2016). For Example,
Microsoft focuses on creating modern workplace by providing facility to their employees to
work from anywhere. Modern workplace helps in increasing the productivity and also improves
the collaboration of Organisation.
Value and Importance of Employee Induction in Modern Workplace
In Modem workplace, it is important to organise employee induction program in order to
integrate new employees into company and make them familiar with new working environment.
Through employee induction in modern workplace helps in attracting and retaining talent

employees as they prefer to work in company that provide and guide them on each stage of work
so that they can contribute their best efforts in accomplishing the goals and objectives of
business. Employees want to work with company that provide various benefits and satisfy their
needs (Lechner and Paul, 2019). Organisation must provide flexible scheduling, growth
opportunities, work from home arrangements, health and safety benefits and positive working
environment. Employee Induction in modern workplace helps in improving the morale of
employee and also reduces the training cost of recruitment. In Employee induction program,
Manager must provide detailed information of the working process and system used so that new
hires can be aware of its modern workplace environment and knows more about the modern
software used by Organisation. For becoming competitive in Market, it is important to follow the
emerging trends and focus on adopting new change.
CONCLUSION
From the above information it is being concluded that employee induction is integral part of
Organisation which focuses on welcoming new candidates and create a positive and friendly
atmosphere for them so that they become familiar with the workplace. It is necessary to
encourage and motivate the employees for gaining competitive advantage and improving the
productivity of business.

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