Importance Of Recruitment And Orientation

Recruitment and orientation

Management refers to the act of operating and managing activities to achieve success in the business. It is a process of getting activities done through people in order to achieve the stated goals and objectives by the manager. It is a systematic process involving planning, organizing, leading and managing the energy of others and using available resource in achieving the company’s goals and objectives. Management is important for the manager as it helps the manager to integrate all the organizational efforts to attainment of success. Planning is an essential element of management for managers. Planning involves the process of making decisions prior on what is to be done, how to do it, as well as when and where is it going to be made. It is based on choice of the course of actions. Planning enables the manager or an individual to select from the available alternatives to achieve expected results. As part of planning, human resource, planning is very necessary. It is a process involving identification of personnel skills, occupational categories, performance and developmental needs of employees in an organization. Human resource planning includes the process of recruitment, selection and orientation of the new employee to the company. Effective planning is essential for managers to ensure success in attaining the desired organizational goals and objectives (Chermack & Swanson, 2008).

Background

The central problem for the ABC Company is ineffective human resource planning in the recruitment and the indoctrination process. Carl Robins is the organizations new recruiter and it was the first recruitment effort for the company. He had hired 15 new trainees who were to work for the company but before working...

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...mance. The company needs to set clear process, goals and objectives of recruitment and orientation process. The problem identified will affect the company’s performance negatively. The activities and productivity of the organizations will be reduced, as the problems will disrupt the organization function. Already the company is facing a shortage of employees. Robin ought to take responsibility for planning and organizing the orientation activities. This is by collecting the missing application forms and transcripts from the employees as well as ensuring that the employees go for medical examination to determine their fitness. Robins need also to organize for the orientation room with Joe Williams. Good communication need to be established between Carl and robins, as well as other departments in the company (Willaert, Van den Bergh, Willems, & Deschoolmeester, 2007).