HRM200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Performance Appraisal, Job Performance, Blended Learning

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: Peter Buhr

Document Summary

Orientation (onboarding) is often delivered in-person and/or online to provide new employees with basic background information about the firm and the job. Long-term, continuous socialization process in which employee and employer expectations or obligations are considered. Important part is sitting down and deciding on work-related goals with the new employee because they provide basis for early feedback and foundation of ongoing performance management. The organization culture is defined at this time. Orientation can reduce reality shock/cognitive dissonance because it lessens the discrepancy between what the new employee expected from his/her job and its realities. Online onboarding can increase first-day productivity by taking care of routine form completion in advance. Orientation can include: internal publications, facility tour and staff introductions, job-related documents, expected training to be received and why, performance appraisal criteria. Mergers and acquisitions: receive details about the merger for coming history and, new company culture requires re-socialization any unresolved difficulties related to work.