As managers and companies to quickly transform new employees productive workers, a process called "rapid on-boarding"? Argues that companies that are more successful in the rapid on-boarding tend to use relational approach to help novice users to quickly create a wide network of relationships with colleagues that they can use to get the information they need to become productive. Most organizations recognize the importance of the integration of new employees, but many fail in this regard, often because of pervasive myths about the process. Because of these losses, managers often rely on practices that can actually interfere with the new employees become productive. "Hide
by Keith Rollag, Salvatore Parise, Rob Cross Source: MIT Sloan Management Review 9 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 2005. Prod. #: SMR159-PDF-ENG
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