1. EMPLOYEE INDUCTION
(OD.HRM)
INSTRUCTOR: MR. SANCHAWA, DH
dsanchawa@mnma.ac.tz

2. Meaning of induction
• Induction is the process of receiving and
welcoming employees when they first joint
the company and giving them the basic
information they need to settle down quickly
and happily and start work (Armstrong ,2010).
• It is the process of introducing the new
employee to the job and the organization

3. Objectives of induction to the
employee
• To intimate them about the Mission, Aims and
Objectives of the Company
• To generate interest.
• Clarify roles and responsibilities.
• Introduction to workmates
• Employees learn the employer standards

4. Objectives of induction to the
employee
• Helps to maintain rules of the organization
• Structure of company made known to
employees
• Quality standards made known.
• No chaos
• Increase productivity

5. Objectives of the induction to the
employee
• To familiarize the new comer with the
requirements of the job
• To explain the new employee the terms and
conditions of the job
• to bring interaction between personal goals
and organizational goals
• To promote the feelings of belonging to the
organization

6. Objectives of induction to the
employee
• To familiarize the new employee to his immediate
supervisor
• To provide information to the new employee
regarding organization’s policies and procedures
• To reduce the employee’s chance of leaving the
organization quickly
• to establish favorable attitudes regarding the
organization in the mind of the employee and etc

7. What is to be inducted to the new
employee?
• Organization history, core values, mission,
vision and philosophy
• Organization products/services
• Department location
• Personnel policies and procedures
• Condition of services like holidays, hours,
leave, medical leave and etc

8. What is to be inducted to the new
employee?
• Remuneration and other benefits
• Health and safety measures
• Career advancement schemes
• Trade unions and memberships
• Grievance handling mechanisms/systems

9. Levels of employee induction
• 1. Compliance: is the lowest level and includes
teaching employees basic legal and policy related
rules and regulations
• 2.Clarification: refers to the ensuring that
employee understand their new jobs at all related
expectations
• 3.Culture : is abroad category that includes
providing employees with a sense of
organizational norms- both formal and informal

10. Levels of employee induction
• 4. Connection: refers to the vital interpersonal
relationships and information networks that
new employees must establish

11. Questions
• 1. Assume you have been asked by your
supervisor to prepare induction program to the
newly employed staff, what are the key aspects
which are to be included in the program?
• 2. Basing on your experiences, do you think that
induction program is undertaken by the Public
sector institutions in Tanzania? If yes how? If no
what do you think are the challenges? What can
ne done?