Unit 8 Orientation and training: part 1

Vocabulary 1

1. Do you know the meanings of the following words? Try to match up each of them to its Ukrainian equivalent. Use your dictionary if necessary.

to accept	distribution
to orient to / towards ...	absenteeism
to familiarize smb. with smth.	to feature
fellow worker	facilities
tour of ...	to facilitate
supervisor	socialization
subordinate	pride in ...

а) ознайомлювати когось з чимось	ж) поширення
б) прогул	з) прийняти
в) орієнтувати, спрямовувати на ...	и) устаткування
г) зображувати	і) екскурсія по ...
д) підлеглий	ї) гордість за ...
е) соціалізація	к) співробітник
є) керівник	л) сприяти

2. Which verbs in A can go with which nouns and noun phrases in B?

E.g. to choose the best applicant

A

to choose to accept to show to feature to facilitate to attend to develop

B

orientation pride in the company facilities an offer seminars the best applicant videotapes

Pre-reading task

Can you answer the following questions?

• What does orientation of new employees imply?

• What means can be used to facilitate orientation?

Work in small groups and discuss your ideas in your group. Share your ideas with the rest of the class.

Reading

1. Read text 13. How much of the information did your group already know?

Text 13 Orientation

Once the firm has chosen the best applicants and offers have been accepted, new employees must be oriented to the organization and trained to do their jobs.

Orientation is the process of familiarizing newly hired employees with fellow workers, company procedures, and the physical properties of the organization. Orientation generally includes a tour of the buildings; introductions to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates; and distribution of manuals describing the firm’s policy on vacations, absenteeism, lunch breaks, company benefits, and so on. Many companies now show videotapes featuring procedures, facilities, and key personnel to facilitate orientation.

Many companies regard orientation to be a valuable socialization device. For example, The Walt Disney Company considers the most important day of training to be Day 1 – attending the seminars entitled Traditions I. This initial orientation program is “… where pride in the company is developed”.

2. Read the text once again. Find words in the text that mean the same as the following words. They are in the same order as they appear in the text.

a) selected	j) instruction booklets
b) candidates	k) illustrating
c) proposals	l) holidays
d) company	m) main
e) taught	n) to help
f) colleagues	o) useful
g) characteristics	p) instrument
h) administrators	q) called
i) spreading	r) first

Pre-reading task

There are several reasons why training is an important human resource program. Can you give any? Discuss your ideas in small groups.

Reading

1. First read text 14 quickly. Can you find in it any proofs of your suggestions?