BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Orientation
- a process through which a new employee is integrated into an organization, learning about its corporate culture, policies and procedures, and the specific practicalities of his or her job. An orientation program should not consist of a one-day introduction, but should be planned and paced over a few days or weeks. There is a growing use of boot camps, which work to assimilate a new employee rapidly into the culture of the employing organization.
- U.K. term Induction
Wiktionary Definition for: Orientation
- #the act of orienting or the state of being oriented
- #position relative to compass bearings
- #the construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end
- #an inclination, tendency or direction
- #adjustment to a new environment
- #(''typography'') the direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait
- #(''mathematics'') on a real vector space, a choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented
Additional Resources
- A Quick Guide to Employee Orientation - Help for Managers & HR
- This article is about employee orientation. It emphasizes that orientation is also important for existing employees if a) they have never received proper orientation or b) there have been many changes in the organization and it's purpose and function. Various aspects of orientation have been discussed in this article. Refer...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- A Quick Guide to Employee Orientation - Help for Managers & HR
- This paper presents an overview of the orientation process, and a checklist that one can use when orienting new staff. As one reads the paper, he should keep in mind that orientation is also important for existing employees if a) they have never received proper orientation or b) there have...
- White papers
- Conducting Effective Employee Orientations - Orientations are performance trend setters
- There must be a general orientation, a departmental orientation, and the specific job orientation, conducted by different parties. It cuts down on turnover drastically, engenders trust, cooperation and motivation. The article lists certain guidelines that are intended for people conducting the General Orientation.
- White papers 2001-01-01
- A Good Employee Orientation Program Is A Good Employee Retention Program
- From the executive summary: ‘To get new employees off to a good start, a formal orientation program is a must. Orientation is the process of familiarizing new employees with the organization, their jobs, and their work units. Formal orientation programs are effective in retaining and motivating employees, reducing turnover, and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Market Orientation in Retailing: An Approach Based on Inter- And Intra-Firm Activities
- Existing market orientation frameworks are based mostly on studies of manufacturers. Therefore, there is a need of a modified approach that acknowledges the special conditions of retailers. A framework is presented that includes both internal and relational aspects. Inter-firm market orientation is presented as especially relevant for retailers. Antecedents to...
- White papers 2001-06-01
- Goal Setting And Goal Orientation
- Uniting separate research streams on situational and dispositional goals, we investigated goal setting and goal orientation together in a complex business simulation. A specific learning goal led to higher performance than did either a specific performance goal or a vague goal. Goal orientation predicted performance when the goal was vague....
- White papers 2004-06-15
- Competitiveness of Family Businesses: Distinguishing Family Orientation and Business Orientation
- The purpose of this study is to systematically examine the advantages and disadvantages of different types of family businesses. The paper distinguishes four different types of family businesses based on their family and business orientation: House of Business, Family Money Machine, Family Life Tradition, and Hobby Salon. The results indicate...
- White papers 2001-07-30
- How to Create an Orientation Program
- Being new, latest hires often have lots of questions about the structure of their new company, its culture and its goals. A good orientation program can answer many of those questions and start off new employees working in the right direction. Orientation programs can take place in-house or off-site, with...
- White papers
- Employee Orientation - Keeping New Employees on Board
- Developing an effective employee orientation experience continues to be crucial and difficult for the HR Department. It is critical that new hire programs are carefully planned to educate the employee to the values, history and who is who in the organization. A well thought out orientation program, whether it lasts...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Integrating Customer Orientation, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and Learning Orientation in Organizations-In-Transition: An Empirical Study
- The paper addresses the issue of interrelationships between market orientation, corporate entrepreneurship, and learning orientation in the context of emerging economies. These three constructs have drawn an increasing level of interest in both marketing and management fields as organizations face challenges in a volatile environment. This study simultaneously tests potential...
- White papers 2002-04-04
- Create An Orientation Schedule For A New Administrative Assistant
- The day has finally arrived when the department director's new assistant is scheduled to start in less than a week. The assistant will spend first two days in an orientation program run by the human resources department, and then it's your job to get the assistant acclimated to the department,...
- White papers
- The Changing World Of Sales Management
- A sale is the activity that drives an organization. It is the revenue generating activity. The nurturing and development of an efficient salesforce is imperative for realizing the sales volume. Today’s dynamic business environment has seen a lateral shift in the orientation of the sales management function in organizations. From...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Orientation Policy
- The Orientation policy is designed to welcome each new employee and make them part of the team from the first day. It seeks to do everything to make the new employee's adjustment to the job and to the work environment as rapid and pleasant as possible. After hiring, there are...
- Tools & templates 2007-11-16
- Precious Moments Lost
- The article says that new employee orientation programs are paperwork festivals in which the new employees are placed in immediate risk of developing a hernia because they are loaded down with pounds and pounds of paperwork. The lack of orientation for people who are the direct representatives of the organization...
- White papers 2002-11-25
- New Employee Orientation Program
- New employee orientation programs are designed to assist new employees in adjusting to their jobs and work environment and to instill a positive work attitude and motivation.
- White papers 1998-11-18
- To Be Customer or Competitor Oriented? Assessing the Role of Market Orientation in Global Markets
- This paper tests the robustness of market orientation (viz., customer and competitor orientations) of the hotel industry across different global market conditions. The empirical results from the global hotel industry indicate that customer orientation works better in economically developed markets, those with closer socio-cultural distances, good local business conditions, and...
- White papers 2004-05-01
- Protecting Your Company's Assets
- The time to think about keeping company trade secrets and proprietary company data secure is today—and every day. HR professionals play an integral role in security—specifically during the hiring process and the new employee orientation program. New employee orientation is a good place to begin the educational process regarding security...
- White papers 2003-08-31
- Competitiveness and Evolution of Family Businesses: The Role of Family and Business Orientation
- The purpose of this study is to systematically examine the advantages and disadvantages of different types of family businesses operating in Europe. For this, it makes a distinction between a firm's family and business orientation. The two dimensions are used to develop a space of family businesses that include 'Houses...
- White papers 2003-11-21
- Employee Orientation
- This firm is a privately held designer and manufacturer of custom motorcycle equipment. It was in the need of a world class human resource program, including an orientation and retention plan for all employees. This manufacturing operation has a need for employee communications to be available in both Spanish and...
- Case studies 2001-01-01
- A Navigation System for Augmenting Laparoscopic Ultrasound
- Establishing image context is the major difficulty of performing laparoscopic ultrasound. The standard techniques used by trans-abdominal ultrasonographers to understand image orientation are difficult to apply with laparoscopic instruments. In this paper, they describe a navigation system that displays the position and orientation of laparoscopic ultrasound images to the operating...
- White papers 2003-08-08
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