Team discipline: put performance on the line

Article Abstract:

Semi-independent employee teams can be an effective personnel management tool, improving both productivity and the working environment. Teams perform a wide variety of functions, from hiring to performance evaluations to quality control. Teams recognize and confront employee discipline problems, utilizing formal processes such as performance improvement plans only to address severe problems. Informal person-to-person discussions are the more typical vehicle. The process works only if teams have authority to implement their decisions. Management's task is to counsel a balance between harsh and lenient approaches to discipline. A systematic approach helps improve performance: identification of goals and objectives and plans for achieving them; specification of support mechanisms and consequences of failure, and provisions for recordkeeping and review.

Methods, Analysis, Management, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Employee motivation, Employee discipline, Labor productivity, Performance standards, Job performance standards

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The hazards of managing the emotionally handicapped

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Problems to avoid in managing the emotionally handicapped worker are detailed. A disproportionate amount of time should not be spent in dealing with such employees. The manager may begin to feel isolated from colleagues and feel trapped. Fear of confrontation should not prevent the manager from documenting the affected worker's behavior and work performance difficulties. Work assigned to the emotionally handicapped worker should not simply be farmed out to other employees: the worker should be expected to complete reasonable assignments. Communication should be clear: not vague, superficial, or ambivalent.

Psychological aspects, Mentally ill persons, Employment, Mentally ill, Mental health counseling, Psychiatric counseling

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