How to manage employee discipline in the work place ?

                             

Introduction

Discipline in the organization consists of setting clearly defined limits for employees. Majority of workers in crises often claim to not clearly understand organization’s limits, since most of them come from places where discipline was not consistent. Disciplinary policies are a guide to an orderly conduct in the workplace in order to achieve the organizational goal(Gatchalian and Lumiqued, 2005).

When employees believe that their organization is fair, it is unlikely that they will be involved in misconducts (De Schrijver et al, 2010).  

Rules of behaviour 

Every organization has rules  about time-keeping, quality standards, safety and personal hygiene. Rules of behaviour in the workplace should be clear, understood and are sufficient to cover all obvious and usual disciplinary matters.

Employers should be provided written information for their employees about certain aspects of their disciplinary rules and procedures (The UK Employment Rights Act, 1996). 

Penalties 

The employer can impose some penalties for infractions, such as:

- rebuke

- warnings

- transfer or demotion

- suspension

- dismissal

A rebuke is in simply ‘Don’t do that.’ For most employees, the rebuke may be sufficient to change behavior. Formal warnings should not be given lightly because the manager is making commitment to action if the behavior is repeated. Further, the legislation on dismissal in Western countries has made the system of warnings an integral part of disciplinary practice, which has to be followed if the employer is to succeed in defending a dismissal decision.

There is an array of legal statute and intended to safeguard the individual employee against unreasonable dismissal, the point of legal intervention varying from one country to another (Torrington,1998). 

Why is Workplace Discipline Important?


 

· All employees following the same rules – thereby establishing uniformity and equality in the workplace.

· Managers know what to look out for and what to do while stepping in for disciplinary reasons.

· Employees abiding by various safety and security rules that could put them and the company at risk if disobeyed.

Conclusion

It shows that workplace discipline which are often neglected by some management is critical for the success of the organization. To get job satisfaction, it should be encouraged to show discipline that traverse the entire length and breadth of the given organizations.


References 

De Schrijver, A., Delbeke, K., Maesschalck, J. and Pleysier, S.(2010) Fairness, Perceptions and Organizational Misbehavior. The American Review of Public

Administration 3, 230-249. 

 

Franklin, A. L. and Pagan, J. F. (2006) Organization Culture as an Explanation for Employee Discipline Practices. Review of Public Personnel Administration 26

(1) 52-73. 

 

Gatchalian, R. M. and Lumiqued, R. (2005) Employee Discipline and Dismissal: Basis, Laws, Jurisprudence and Best Practices. Quezon City: Central Print on Demand.

 

Jegadeesan, G. (2008) Employee Discipline: Concepts and Issues. Human resource management series.

 

Judge, T. A. and Martocchio, J. J. (1995) The role of fairness orientation and supervisor attributions in absence disciplinary decisions. Journal of Business and

Psychology, 10 (1), 115-137.

 

Rollinson,D. (2007) Understanding Employment Relations, McGraw-Hill Education.

 

The UK Employment Rights Act, 1996.

 

Comments

  1. Sevani Ereporuwa25 April 2021 at 20:17

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  2. Sevani Ereporuwa26 April 2021 at 01:10

    Disciplinary action is a process that invokes a penalty against an employee who fails to meet established standards. Author discussed about the topic of how to manage employee discipline in the work place but author didn't include steps of disciplinary procedure which used to implement in the organization. Here's a step of disciplinary procedure.

    1. Get an initial understanding.
    2. Investigate thoroughly.
    3. Invite the employee to a disciplinary meeting.
    4. Conduct the disciplinary meeting.
    5. Decide on action to take.
    6. Confirm the outcome in writing.
    7. Right to appeal.
    Author has explained about workplace discipline and importance of discipline very well.

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  3. Ruwan Herath29 April 2021 at 20:03

    Discipline ensures individuals maintain silence at workplace and work as a single unit with their team members to achieve organization goals and objectives.
    Discipline is in fact the lifeline of an organization. Without discipline, employees would not only misbehave but also do whatever they want to do.

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  4. Asela Fernando14 May 2021 at 01:31

    good attempt

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