ESSAY : Employee orientation programs and Types of Employee Orientation Programs

This unit’s discussion consists of two parts that focus on employee orientation.

Please label your initial response to the different parts as A and B.

Part A: Employee Orientation Programs

Discuss the benefits of employee orientation programs. What are the major advantages for employers? What are the major advantages for employees? Can you think of any disadvantages of employee orientation programs? If so, what are they? Describe how you would coach managers to provide an effective orientation process for new employees.

Part B: Types of Employee Orientation Programs

Describe at least two different types of employee orientation programs, as presented in your textbook. Specifically, what kind of information is presented in each type of orientation program? Should organizations offer only one type of employee orientation, or both? Explain. Provide examples from your own work experiences to help illustrate your points.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Employee Orientation Programs and Types of Employee Orientation Programs
Part A: Employee Orientation Programs
For employers, the advantages of the employee orientation programs include improved talent acquisition, decreased time to productivity, increased rate of retention, and promote better organizational culture (Zhang, 2010). On the other hand, the employees benefit from the orientation programs since they provide them with accurate and concise information to make them more comfortable, boost their confidence, improve their productivity going forward, and ensure they become more productive and effective (Zhang, 2010). The orientation programs also have some disadvantages; for instance, they limit the information…