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Organisational Socialisation

Adapting to the social conditions within the organisation is examined

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Elaboration

Organisational socialisation
  • Definition
  • Process
  • Transforms newcomers from outsiders to insiders
  • 2-way process as organisational learning & acculturation
    • Organisational concern
  • How to socialise a person?
    • Employee concern
  • How to fit in & what is my role / niche?

    • Socialisation outcomes

    Degree of innovation

    Creative

     

    Rebel Conformist

    Degree of acceptance of norms
    • A socialised employee may be classified as:
    • Rebel: low norm acceptance with low innovation
    • Conformist: high acceptance of norms but low innovation
    • Creative: selective norm acceptance with high innovation
    • Seems that high innovation is a much desired aspect

    Socialisation strategies

     
    • Persuasion
  • Changes:
  • Beliefs
  • Feelings
  • Intentions
  • Actions
    • Seduction
  • Confer status
  • Prove worthiness
  • Use of "hygiene" factors
    • Orientation
  • Lower attachment
  • "stroll in the park"
    • Induction
  • Higher focus & attachment
  • "inauguration ceremony into the gang"
    • Mentoring
  • Consultative
  • Apprenticeship
  • Close monitoring
    • On-job-training
  • Generalist skills
  • Specialist skills
  • Skills standardisation
  • Andersen Consulting's central formalised training

    • Testing
    • Cognitive aptitude test
    • Attainment / job knowledge test
    • Psychomotor ability test
    • Work sample test
    • Trainability test
    • Intelligence test
    • Personality test
    • Honesty test
  • Consistency & potential
  • Knowledge capital
  • Ability, speed & quality
  • Simulation
  • Receptive to training
  • IQ
  • Type A / B
  • Confidential info (guards, spies, politics)

    • Determinants of successful socialisation
    • Organisational definition
  • Values, norms, rites, symbols
    • Expectations
  • Perception, behavioural
    • Organisational role identity
  • Self-image
  • Mission, vision, goals
    • Amount of personal interactions
  • Ascertain personal "worth" to organisation
    • Real nature of reward system
  • What is expected & what is really rewarded
    • Recognise individual controllable factors
  • My ability, duties, relations, fitness level
    • Growing independence & knowledge
  • Base for continuous improvement
  • Cultivation, nurture, fertile

    • Issues
    • Impact on career advancement
  • "First impression lasts"?
  • is it suited to me & do I fit into it?
    • Benchmarking of socialised employee
  • Assess or monitor the actual with an ideal case?
    • "right" mentor
  • do I, can I and have I worked with the "right" mentor?

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