Induction in Information System

Induction is the process of introducing the environment of organization to new employees. Online induction is exactly like the first definition but it use information system. Means that, employees are able to explore the environment within organization in front of their own personal computer. They do not have to really go at the organization because the system already has what they need.

There are several advantages of using online induction. First, is that organization is able to reduce cost and time to conduct induction. Employees will just have to sit back at their place and surf the system easily. Second are those employees do not have to undergo many bureau just to get contacts of several important people. Every information regarding the staffs and organization is already been included in the system and employees are able to easily to get information required.

 The disadvantage of using online induction is that employees might not get the feeling of being at the organization. They will not be able to know and feel the real feeling of being at the workplace. Their expectation toward the organization might be overly expect until they will feel down if what they hope for is not actually what it is. This will affect their motivation to work thus will also affect the productivity of organization.

So, we can see that in order to apply online induction, employer must make sure that they able to control the situation. They also must not rely on online induction itself but also do the traditional method by taking the employees to work site for a tour so that their expectation is realistic. From the tour, they can give explanations to the employees and employees also able to ask questions directly at that time. This also will help new employees to adapt with the environment in the organization.