The
induction can be defined as the process that turning to the new employee as
part of the organization by providing an opportunity to gain all the new
information, knowledge and skills they require to perform their new tasks and
that process can depend according to the professional field (Sprogoe and
Elkjaer, 2010). However, high levels of employee turnover, constant recruitment
as well as loss of team spirit, efficiency and innovation can be occurred based
on the induction process (Geldenhuys et al. 2014; Shantz, Alfes and Truss,
2012).
Plantation industries have been recruited
Assistant Managers based on the English language, family, and secondary
education qualification. After recruiting, employees have been gained knowledge,
ability, and skills through six months in the house training period.
Furthermore, human resource management courses, agriculture diploma, and
business management courses are also included as part of the induction process
(Sivaratnam,2013).
According to the Job embeddedness theory,
on-the-job and off-the-job factors associated with individual links, fit, and
sacrifice (Mitchell et al. 2001). During the induction process, plantation
industries were fulfilled above factors in an attractive manner. However,
plantation industries are facing challenges due to price fluctuation,
competitions among the industries, new products and development as well as
climate change (Sivaratnam,2013). Therefore plantation industries were unstable
based on the profit and the productivity and it will accelerate the skilled
employees' turnover despite good induction process. Furthermore, plantation
industries recruit the employees based on personal willingness and personal
relationship and this has critically affected the right recruitment. Induction
helps new employees get to work initially after joining with the industries as
a productive part of the business and socially among other employees (Runola,
2013). However, the expected outcome has not taken place due to mismatched
recruitment even under the good induction process. Therefore, despite the
effective induction process, the motivation levels of the employees,
productivity, efficiency, profit, customer satisfaction, job satisfaction of
the skilled employees can decrease. According to the above mention factors,
mismatched recruitment is the major factor for the existing crisis of the
plantation industries.
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Good article. I'm totally agree with this. I would like to address my own induction experience with you. My employer (JKH) did 2 day induction program and first impression the best.
ReplyDeleteIf employees did retain with the company, the whole effort put by HR Department is useless. Proper induction will always help companies to retain eployeea
Thanks for sharing your experience
DeleteRecruiting employees based on the personal willingness and relationship is not going to help any organization. This is one the main reasons behind the low productivity and efficiency in government sector organizations.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comments
ReplyDeleteTrue Nazeer I agree with you. Employee recruitment should not base only the personal background. they must be skilled and qualified enough to handle the job role. Because employees are the main asset in any organization, they directly responsible for the profit of the organization. Yes, the government sector recruiting process needs changes.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your knowledge on an industry where I have very little knowledge. Most of the organizations spend a lot of time and money to carry out inductions hoping that the new employees will be the best match for the organization. However mismatched recruitment is indeed the trivial reason for failures. Further being at a time where employees are mostly 'job hoppers' an employer cannot anyway expect their employees to retain in their organization in the long run.
ReplyDeleteNow you have discuss about the another field ....Thank you sharing your knowledge with us
ReplyDeleteAccording to my knowledge most vacancies filled in the plantation industry is from personal contact or from referrals of reputed colleges/Schools. In Sri Lanka most of the young blood would not want to engage in plantation related jobs.Majority of the individuals chose that job because they need a job and there is no other job opportunities awaits them.They enjoy the job in young age but when the time is gone they might face trouble with family commitments. It is best to make the younger generation aware of the plantation sector and its value, so that they really aspire to be in that sector.
ReplyDeleteOnce they are recruited the employee must be given opportunities for self growth, hands on experience of new technology, new training ,new remuneration methods for for them to retain in this job.
Recruiting known or one particular people to an organisation will end to its future agree with your article
ReplyDeleteGood. You have revised the draft that you sent me personally and added more references to your claims.
ReplyDeleteThe plantations are characterised by a rigid hierarchy, and the organisational structure ,Plantations are not just economic and commercial production units but rather social institutions, which control the lives of their resident work force where they are born, live, breed and die. The workers and their lives are invariably bound with the work and the management’s authority. The plantations do not just offer employment: They are also responsible for providing housing, water, gardens, welfare, temple, cemetery, dhoby, barber and many other facilities that affect the daily lives of workers. It is a complete and total institution.
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