Before evaluating the consequences of punishment in work setting, I think it is important to know what the purpose of that punishment is. Is it to get the work done more productively? Then, yes, often some discipline does allow a more productive result. However, if the purpose was to get the relationship straightened up, I believe is a very ineffective and not necessarily meets the goal of the punishment. Personally, I believe mutual respect, or some minor discipline, is more effective in getting the relationship function productively. Punishment and harsh discipline discourage at least to me and demotivate me to alter my attitude. What I consider a harsh discipline is embarrassing, devaluing, and ignoring. Shaming the particular employee/member of wrongdoing in front of the group often is the worst way of disciplining and getting the words delivered. It is a form of attack and attacks stimulates revenge, not repent. Devaluing the particular person’s work also has n...
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