Management

Management

An effective induction program
August 24, 2008
in Human Resource Management
At NIIT: An induction program with the same objective but one that takes a different route NIIT utilizes technology to enable new members of the NIIT family to get acquainted with the organization. Being a technology friend company they have managed to create a unique induction program that addresses new entrants located at different locations simultaneously. It starts with a four day face-to-face exhaustive induction programs at NIIT SEED (School for employee Education and development) located at New Delhi. During this session new entrants at NIIT are taken through the company’s vision growth over the last 27 years, business verticals products and services systems and processes etc., by senior management of the company. Last year NIIT created a breakthrough in the way induction is done when it conducted a NIIT induction program (NIP) session through its innovative Synchronous Learning Technology platform which is otherwise used by the country’s premier B-schools such as the IIM to offer executive management programs to working professionals across over 20 locations in the country. During this first of its kind induction session 114 new NIITians from cities attended their 1st day of NIP on the Synchronous Learning platform of the NIIT Imperia.
The NIIT’s e-induction or e-NIP program is a comprehensive user-friendly web based training solution that offers basic information about the company that new hires need to know on the first day of their work. The idea is to send a standard consistent message for all new hires irrespective of their business vertical and location. Another unique aspect of NIIT’s induction programs is called immersion which is specially designed for inducting senior members into the NIIT leadership team. During this full day session the new members get into conference room with a group of NIITians who they may be working with closely in the organization. It is a...