Directorate of distance education master of business administration

Lesson  20 - 
Managing Discipline
Meaning and Definition
 
 
Discipline in its broadest sense means “orderliness, the opposite 
of confusion. It does not mean a strict and technical observance of 
rigid rules and regulations. It simply means working, co-operating and 
behaving in a normal and orderly way, as any responsible person would 
expect an employee to do”
“Discipline is employee self-control which prompts him to 
willingly co-operate with the organizational standards, rules, objectives, 
etc.”
An employee is subjected to disciplinary action when he fails to 
meet some obligations towards his job or the organization. The primary 
objective of disciplinary action is to make an employee conform to the 
organization’s rules and regulations.
Objectives 
The aims and objectives of discipline are:
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ӹ To ensure and enable employees to work in accordance with the 
rules and regulations of the organization
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ӹ To ensure that employees follow the organizational processes and 
procedures in spite of their different personalities and behavior.
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ӹ To provide direction to the employees and fix responsibilities.
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ӹ To improve organizational performance by improving the 
efficiency of each employee.
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ӹ To maintain a sense of orderliness and conformity to organizational 
rules in the employees.
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ӹ To maintain common feelings of trust and confidence in the 
employees towards each other and towards the management.

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