37:533:301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Explicit Knowledge

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Human Resource Management
• Course: 37:533:301
• Professor: Hadi El Farr

Document Summary

Preparing employees for future positions: high-potential employees employees with greatest likelihood of being successful and making significant contributions to organizational goal achievement. Question: __________ refers to formal and informal activities intended to improve competencies relevant to an employee"s or workgroup"s current job. Provide an overview of company history and culture. Ensure employees know policies and procedures of the company. Help employees to understand their roles in achieving organizational goals: employee orientation involves processing employment-related paperwork, acquiring necessary passwords and identification cards, and establishing relevant technology such as e-mail and telephone numbers. Phases of socialization: anticipatory socialization: interaction with the company before starting a job. Recruiters, managers etc. help in developing expectations about the company and job: encounter: start of the job interactions. Learning about the organization"s culture, norms and how to do the job: settling in: employee starts to focus on evaluation systems and future career options. How to implement the onboarding/socialization process: one-time or staggered approach.