Induction - Meaning and Definition

Introduction: 

Induction  is  designed  to  provide  a  new  employee  with  the  information  he  or  she  needs  to  function  comfortably  and  effectively  in  the  organization.  It  is  a  planned  introduction  of  new  hires  to  their  jobs,  their  peers  and  the  company.

Typically  induction  conveys  three  types  of  information  - General  information  the  daily  work  routine;A  review  of  the  firm’s  history,  founding  fathers,  objectives,  operations  and  product  or  services,  as  well  as  how  the  employee’s  job  contributes  to  the  organization's  needs.

A  detailed  presentation,  perhaps,  in  a  brochure,  of  the  organizational   policies,  work  rules  and  employee  benefit.    

Induction is a technique by which a new employee is rehabilitated into the changed surrounding and introduced to the practices, policies, and purpose of the organization. In other word, it is a welcoming process - the idea is to welcome a newcomer, make him feel at home and generate in him a feeling that his own job, however small, is meaningful and has a significance as a part of the total organization. 

Meaning of Induction:

Induction is process meant to help the new employee to settle down quickly into the job by becoming familiar with the people, the surroundings, the job, the firm and the industry.

Induction is the process of acquainting the new employees with the existing culture and practices of the new organization.

Induction is the process of receiving and welcoming an employee when he first joins the company and giving him basic information he needs to settle down quickly and happily and stars work. 

• To sort out all anxiety of recruited person.

• To ensure the effective integration of staff.

• History and introduction of founders.

• Understand the standards and rules (written and unwritten) of the organisation.

• Introduction to the company/department and its personnel structure.

• Relevant personnel policies, such as training, promotion and health and safety.

• To clear doubtful situation between new employee and existing one. 

Definition of Induction:

“Induction is the process of receiving and welcoming an employee when he first joins a company and giving him the basic information he needs to settle down quickly and happily and start work”

A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; - called also successive induction.

 “The process of receiving and welcoming an employee when he first joins a company and giving him the basic information he needs to settle down quickly and happily and start work.”

 - Michael Armstrong

A  formal  definition  of  induction  is  “…planned  introduction  of  employees  to  their  jobs,  their  co-workers  and  the  organization.”