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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Chapter 8Socializing, Orienting, and Developing Employees
Fundamentals of Human Resource ManagementNinth Edition
DeCenzo and Robbins
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Introduction
Socialization, training and development are all used to help new employees adapt to their new organizations and become fully productive.
Ideally, employees will understand and accept the behaviors desired by the organization, and will be able to attain their own goals by exhibiting these behaviors.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins`
The Insider-Outsider Passage
Socialization A process of adaptation to a new work
role. Adjustments must be made whenever
individuals change jobs The most profound adjustment occurs
when an individual first enters an organization.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
The Insider-Outsider Passage
The assumptions of employee socialization: Socialization strongly influences employee
performance and organizational stability Provides information on how to do the job and
ensuring organizational fit. New members suffer from anxiety, which
motivates them to learn the values and norms of the organization.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
The Insider-Outsider Passage
The assumptions of employee socialization: Socialization is influenced by subtle and
less subtle statements and behaviors exhibited by colleagues, management, employees, clients and others.
Individuals adjust to new situations in remarkably similar ways.
All new employees go through a settling-in period.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
The Insider-Outsider Passage
The Socialization Process Prearrival stage: Individuals
arrive with a set of values, attitudes and expectations which they have developed from previous experience and the selection process.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
The Insider-Outsider Passage
The Socialization Process Encounter stage: Individuals discover
how well their expectations match realities within the organization.
Where differences exist, socialization occurs to imbue the employee with the organization’s standards.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
The Insider-Outsider Passage
The Socialization Process Metamorphosis stage: Individuals have adapted
to the organization, feel accepted and know what is expected of them.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
The Insider-Outsider Passage
A Socialization Process
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
The Purpose of New-Employee Orientation
Orientation may be done by the supervisor, the HRM staff or some combination.
Formal or informal, depending on the size of the organization.
Covers such things as: The organization’s objectives History Philosophy Procedures Rules HRM policies and benefits Fellow employees
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
The Purpose of New-Employee Orientation
Learning the Organization’s Culture Culture includes long-standing, often unwritten
rules about what is appropriate behavior. Socialized employees know how things are done,
what matters, and which behaviors and perspectives are acceptable.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
The Purpose of New-Employee Orientation
The CEO’s Role in Orientation Senior management are often visible during
the new employee orientation process. CEOs can:
Welcome employees. Provide a vision for the company. Introduce company culture -- what matters. Convey that the company cares about employees. Allay some new employee anxieties and help them
to feel good about their job choice.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
The Purpose of New-Employee Orientation
HRM’s Role in Orientation Coordinating Role: HRM instructs new
employees when and where to report; provides information about benefits choices.
Participant Role: HRM offers its assistance for future employee needs (career guidance, training, etc.).
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Employee Training
Definitions Employee training
a learning experience designed to achieve a relatively permanent change in an individual that will improve the ability to perform on the job.
Employee development future-oriented training, focusing on the personal growth of the employee.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Employee Training
Determining training needs Specific training goals should be based on:
organization’s needs type of work to be done skills necessary to complete the work
Indicators of need for more training: drops in productivity increased rejects inadequate job performance rise in the number of accidents
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Employee Training
Determining training needs The value added by training must
be considered versus the cost. Training goals should be
established that are tangible, verifiable, timely, and measurable.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Employee Training
Determining Training Needs
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Employee Training
On-the-job training methods Job Rotation Understudy Assignments
Off-the-job training methods Classroom lectures Films and videos Simulation exercises Vestibule training
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Employee Development
This future-oriented set of activities is predominantly an educational process.
All employees, regardless of level, can benefit from the methods previously used to develop managerial personnel.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Employee Development
Employee development methods Job rotation involves moving employees
to various positions in the organization to expand their skills, knowledge and abilities.
Assistant-to positions allow employees with potential to work under and be coached by successful managers.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Employee DevelopmentEmployee development methods
Committee assignments provide opportunities for: decision-making learning by watching others becoming more familiar with organizational
members and problems Lecture courses and seminars benefit from
today’s technology and are often offered in a distance learning format.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Employee Development
Employee development methods Simulations include case studies, decision games
and role plays and are intended to improve decision-making.
Outdoor training typically involves challenges which teach trainees the importance of teamwork.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Organization Development
What is change? OD efforts support changes that are usually
made in four areas: The organization’s systems Technology Processes People
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Organization Development
Two metaphors clarify the change process. The calm waters metaphor describes unfreezing
the status quo, change to a new state, and refreezing to ensure that the change is permanent.
The white-water rapids metaphor recognizes today’s business environment which is less stable and not as predictable.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Organization Development
OD Methods Organizational development facilitates long-
term organization-wide changes. OD techniques include:
survey feedback process consultation team building intergroup development
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Organization Development
Survey feedback assesses organizational members’ perceptions and attitudes.
The summarized data are used to identify problems and clarify issues so that commitments to action can be made.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Organization Development
Process consultation uses outside consultants to help organizational members perceive, understand, and act upon process events.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Organization Development
Team building may include: goal setting development of interpersonal relationships clarification of roles team process analysis
Team building attempts to increase trust, openness, and team functioning.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Organization Development
The Learning Organization Values continued learning and believes a
competitive advantage can be gained from it. Characterized by:
capacity to continuously adapt employees continually acquire and share new knowledge collaboration across functional specialties teams are an important feature
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Evaluating Training and Development Effectiveness
Evaluating Training Programs: Typically, employee and manager opinions are
used, These opinions or reactions are not necessarily valid
measures Influenced by things like difficulty, entertainment value or
personality of the instructor.
Performance-based measures (benefits gained) are better indicators of training’s cost-effectiveness.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Evaluating Training and Development Effectiveness
Performance-Based Evaluation Measures Post-training performance method. Employees’
on-the-job performance is assessed after training. Pre-post-training performance method .
Employee’s job performance is assessed both before and after training, to determine whether a change has taken place.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
Evaluating Training and Development Effectiveness
Performance-Based Evaluation Measures Pre-post-training performance with
control group method. Compares the pre-post-training results of the
trained group with the concurrent job performance of a control group, which does not undergo instruction.
Used to control for factors other than training which may affect job performance.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
International Training and Development Issues
Cross-Cultural Training Necessary for expatriate managers and
their families: before assignments (to learn language and
culture) during, and after foreign assignments (to
adjust to changes back home).
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
International Training and Development Issues
Cross-cultural training is more than language training
Involves learning about the culture’s: History Politics Economy Religion Social climate Business practices
May involve role playing, simulations and immersion in the culture.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 9e, DeCenzo and Robbins
International Training and Development Issues
Development Often, organizations do not do a good job of
planning for the return of overseas managers.
Leads to the managers’ being frustrated Returning expatriates can:
be assigned a domestic position prepare for a new overseas assignment retire or be terminated