Online induction system refer to an online software or system that can be accessed at anytime at anywhere with one condition, the available of internet connection. Online induction system allows the employees to manage and report the information that are needed for them to perform, including the corporate information and other information.
Before this, the induction program required the new employees to attend the program maybe one to two weeks. In order to let the employees attend the program, the organization is actually suffer the lost of hidden costs. It is because the employees will need to be absented from jobs in order to be involved with the program. The organization will need to pay a higher salary or over time for other employees that cover the tasks of the employees who are away for induction program.
Besides, when the employees are required to attend the formal induction program, they will actually feel bored as they are away from their families, assumed that the induction program carries out at another place. The employees are also feel bored and de-motivated toward formal program as adults usually do not like formal learning process. According to Jennings (2006), she believes that formal learning is actually not suited to the organization’s employees when they know about technologies and systems.
The opinion of Jennings was supported by Terry on 2007. Terry is the managing director of New Wave Learning, Castleford, United Kingdom and he shares the same views with Jennings. In Terry view, the adults or employees now are familiar with the technologies. The PCs have went on sale for over thirty-five years and the web had already exist for many years. The world is now focusing on the advance technologies and system-based, it is actually ridiculous to conduct formal or traditional induction program rather than online induction system.
Online induction system actually brings many benefits to the organization. Firstly, the online induction is actually save the time of the inductor and manager. The inductor and manager do not need to facilitate the induction program and so they will have time for other tasks. Secondly, the online induction system is flexible. It is because the employees are able to access to the online induction system at anywhere on anytime as long as they have the internet connection. By this, the employees can use their free time to complete the induction program online and it makes them understand the information well.
Furthermore, online induction system can engage the new employees with the user-friendly online interface. Usually, adults learn well when they have the autonomy or take control over the learning process. When the online interface is user-friendly, the employees can control it very well. Besides, as the employees have the autonomy to make decision of the sequence of program to be taken, they are high motivation to learn and they can learn very well.
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References:
Jennings, C. (2006), Newsman learns by the 70:20:10 rule, The Age, Retrieved from
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Terry, C. (2007) Enabling Staff to Access the Knowledge They Need, When They Need It.
Industrial And Commercial Training, (39)(7), 368-371.
Online Induction System is the best way to engaging new contractors, employees, suppliers and visitors working with an organisation or workplace.
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