Question

1.Identify and explain in detail five causes of employee indiscipline in organizations and suggest how to resolve them.

2. Give two definitions of employee discipline using appropriate citations.

Answer 1

Answer) Five causes of Employee indiscipline in Organisation and how to solve them are as follows :

1) Improper Leadership- one of the most common reason of employee indiscipline is improper Leadership. Employees do not have a proper supervision by Leadership leading them to being indiscipline. The suggestion is to hire proper leaders who have the authority to assign tasks to employees and supervise properly whether discipline is maintained or not

2-) No or less Communication- Communication plays a big role in creating discipline. If there is no or less Communication , between the managers/bosses/leaders and the workers/Employees then there would be confusion about the goals and targets to achieve leading to chaos and indiscipline. The suggestion is to have proper and regular Communication about goal, mission ,targets so that a decent atmosphere is maintained.

3-) Lack of a strict machinery of policies and procedures- if the policies and procedures are linient, then Employees would have no fear of lossing their jobs or suspension, this will lead to indiscipline. The suggestion is to have a proper code of conduct where strict warnings are issued regarding indiscipline.

4-) Violation of Employee rights - If the Employees are not happy or satisfied or their rights are violated, they may feel uncomfortable working leading to indiscipline. The suggestion is to have application of all the employees laws and rights, so that no Employee feels violated and can work efficiently.

5-) Lack of trust and confidence for employer- If Employees feel that the employer wont take care of their needs at times of emergencies and requirements, they may Lack committeement and have indiscipline. The suggestion is to have Proper Communication and some sort of guarantee that employer will take care of them if anything bad happens.

Answer-2) Two definitions of Employees Discipline are

1-) According to business articles, Discipline can be defined as a set of impositions that are applied to the Employees to hold them or prevent them from doing something that may harm the Organisation.

2-) According to Oxford dictionary, it is the process of training and developing people to obey and respect the Decisions given to them . It is a way where outcomes bare controlled in every situation.