Online Induction

Induction can be defined as a process of providing information, which is relevant to a new employee during the first few weeks of work. The goal of induction is to make the new employees feels welcome in their first few weeks in the organization. According to Longman Dictionary for Contemporary English, Induction can be defined as the introduction of someone into a new job, company, official position, or the ceremony at which it is done.

According to Mark Carey (2011), a good induction system should:

i. Support new employees to be familiar with the working process and procedure and also familiar with working environment

ii. Make the new employees become productive in a shorter time frame.

iii. Cover job requirements clearly and comprehensively.  

iv. Help to make the employees feel supported.

v. Provide macro and micro information about organization and its culture to the new employees.

vi. Support employees to feel comfortable working in the organization.

In order to make the induction system became easier, most of the organization are starting to use online induction system. Usually, the organization will design their own induction system which respect to their own values and policies. Besides, online induction system also can provide relevant information needed to develop detail report and track employee skills and progress. 

there are several advantages of using this system. For example, by using this system, the organization no need to spend big amount of money per year to conduct an induction system to the new employees. By using this system, the organization also can reduce the time using and in the same time can give the flexibility to the new employees in managing their induction session.

Although this systems seen to have a lot of advantage, there are several disadvantageous and limitation that need to be consider before implementing this system. For example, the organizations need to consider the technical problems as one of the limitation. Bear in mind that not all new employees have internet access at their home. In this case, the flexibility of the system couldn’t be considered as the advantages. Besides, Lack of supervision and communication between the new employees and management also can cause a gap between these people.

Although this system has both advantages and disadvantages, the organizations however need to have the courage to take the risk. The organization also need to consider pro and cons for this system and determine whether this system is suitable to be implement in the organization before making a choice.