Tuesday, 22 May 2012


                           ONLINE INDUCTION SYSTEM



According to Kelly Rainer (2007), online induction system is an online employee induction system which is the reports of induction process of new employees to expose new employees in their new environment organizations and promotion requirement. Here, an organization would create manage induction competencies by combining content packages into programs specifically targeted to the organization’s needs.  Actually, online induction system is easily to manage, reduce costs and also reduce manual administration by implementing online induction system. With online induction system, most of new employees are ready to work from day one and the induction can be completed before starting at a time. So, we can see that is convenient for both of management and their new employees.

Besides that, with online induction system, we can engage employees in learning by including documents, videos and other rich media in their induction. With using an online form, organization can get an important data that related with employees and also can upload the copies of qualifications, licenses and so on.

To make the new employees love with this online induction system, organization can engage their employees with the attractive, user-friendly online interface and so on in their system.  But, what is the most important is organization must ensure the records of their new employees are kept safely, centralized and up to date to avoid any problems in the future. 



The table shows about the advantages and disadvantages of online induction system:

Advantages
Disadvantages
Save  inductor’s and manager’s time
Technological complications
Easy to access with induction online software
High cost for small organizations
Deliver procedures; provide documents and online surveys to new employees
Lack of supervision
Engage new employees with the attractive and user-friendly online interface
Probability to lose the data


Besides the advantages and disadvantages, online induction system also has the implication whether positive and negative for management. The table shows the positive and negative implication of online induction system:

Positive Implication
Negative Implication
Reduce the cost of induction
Need manual reference
Easier to compliance, manage and report
High cost
Reduce number of employees
Not apply their skill to train employees

As a conclusion, each of the system have their own advantages and disadvantages. So, it is up to organization on how they use their system whether in a good way or not. 

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