Writing Orientation Handbooks



Program Objectives

By end of programme, delegates will:

  • Recognise the importance of conducting an appropriate orientation program to an organisation.
  • Understand how the commitment curve affects both new employees and their managers.
  • Know what companies can do to deliver their promise to new employees and its impact on employees’ motivation.
  • Grasp the key elements of an effective employee training programme.
  • Establish the importance of having an employee handbook for new and long-term employees

Target Audience

  • Managers and Heads of department for HR.
  • Specialists of personnel affairs.
  • Specialists of employment.
  • Analysts of employment.
  • New workers at HR department.
  • Wishing to work at HR department.

Program Outline:

  • Why employees’ orientation?
  • What makes a practical orientation programmes
  • Designing orientation programmes
  • The commitment curve
  • Adult learning principles
  • The eight orientation habits for effective employment
  • Learning Styles Inventory(LSI)
  • Clues for developing successful orientation handbooks
  • An orientation checklist
  • Writing an orientation handbook