Is the induction process part of the establishing or maintenance phase of the employment cycle?? My text book says it is part of the maintenance phase, however, I have other books that say it is in the establishing phase???
lol i was worrying about the same thing last year, my textbook said one thing, while another textbook said the oppposite. When there is conflict between textbooks, you can safely assume that examiners will accept both.
However, I would say that it is part of the
establishing phase. The
definition of an induction is a form of training conducted at the BEGINNING of an employment relationship, to familiarise the NEW employee with all aspects of their job, the details of the organisation and an outline of the policy and procedures. To me, it makes more sense for induction to be a part of the establishing phase, as the organisation establishes/integrates the employee into the business for the first time.
To me, the
maintaining phase is concerned with employees that are already established into the business or fully integrated, and the maintaining phase (as the name suggests) is to provide incentives to motivate current established employees.
With the abolition of WorkChoices, is it still necessary to know that area of the course? I've been meaning to ask my teacher that for a while
Yeah, I was just talking about that with a mate and I would assume you would still need to understand or have some knowledge of it. In The Leading Edge Book it has a timeline of the important events regarding employee relations, so I guess it would fit in with that timeline and be used as a reference when describing the history and development of the laws
good question, although the WorkChoices legislation has been abolished, it is still important to understand the timeline that jsimmo was talking about. the focus points you need to remember are the changes from a centralised system to a more decentralised system and i don't think you need to get too caught up into the details such as 'safety nets' and all that. this is my just my opinion, but i think because there has been so many changes to the legislation and all the textbooks haven't changed yet, it is likely that they won't ask any specific questions about the legislation itself. as long as you understand the major shifts and when the occured and all about AWAs, Collective Agreements and Awards etc etc.
sorry about the long windedness guys!
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