Administering Discipline

Discipline is the process through which an organization establishes, communicates, and enforces the behavioral guidelines that it has for its employees. While in an ideal world the conduct and behavior of all organizational members would be such that discipline would never be necessary, the reality is that that world has never or likely never will exist. While organizational success is realized through the collective work of its employees as they enact their defined roles and responsibilities, there will be times and situations where it will be both necessary and appropriate for supervisors to discipline an individual(s) within their work unit.