What is meant by orientation program?
The orientation program has three stages: A general orientation A departmental orientation, and A specific job orientation They are conducted by different parties. The General Orientation is usually managed by either the Training Department or the Human Resources Department, with the Departmental Orientation by the Department Head or first Assistant, while the specific Job Orientation can be carried out by an experienced and trained employee (trained on how to train). These guidelines are intended for people conducting the General Orientation: A general rule of thumb for having the audience interested in the general orientation is to Make them feel at ease (open circle). Make sure that they had enough time to read the employee manual ahead of orientation time. Spend a good portion of the introduction time towards self-introductions, spiced with open questions. Get them to know who Management is: have a big chart in the orientation/training room which depicts how the organisation is set
