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Balancing Command and Control (Discipline) with Organizational Commitment

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K.Narayana Moorthy
HR Consultant, India

Balancing Command and Control (Discipline) with Organizational Commitment

Every business organization has procedures, rules and regulations that govern its operations. "Employment at will" and "big stick" are factors coming under the command and control of an organization. A dreaded duty of a manager is to discipline an employee when (s)he steps out of line. While I agree that the aspect of discipline has to be there for every organization, it has to be balanced with organizational commitment towards the employee.
However, if individual employees realize that command and control are part of the organizational requirement, but also that the organization respects them and their performance and provides them enough opportunities to grow, that is OK to them.
 

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Ian van Jaarsveld
Consultant, South Africa
 

Balancing Command and Control?

My concern with language like "command and control" is that it instills fear and insecurity, and once this is prevalent in an organization culture, people tend to hide in foxholes to dodge what they see as inevitable "bullets".
In this scenario you will not get the results and feedback you desire from your people. If performance management, and the accountability that goes with it, are embedded as a positive measurement with rewards, this would in my opinion be a better language approach. Regards.

 
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K.Narayana Moorthy
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K.Narayana Moorthy
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Anonymous
 

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More on Organizational Commitment:
Summary
Discussion Topics
topic People Think That Their Relation with the Organization is Forever
👀Balancing Command and Control (Discipline) with Organizational Commitment
topic 4 Elements of Employee Engagement (Mosley and Irvine)
topic HR Model to (Re-)Engage Employees
topic How to Deal with Latecomers at Work/Meetings?
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topic Do your Employees Care About your Organization? When?
topic How to Manage Social Loafing and Free Riders?
topic How to Retain your Best People: The Stay Interview
topic Hybrid Employee Connectedness and Organizational Culture
topic 12 Questions for a More Engaged Workforce (Gallup)
topic Make your Employee Value Proposition More Human?
topic Measuring Organizational Commitment
topic Three Component Model of Commitment (Meyer and Allen)
topic People Going the Extra Mile
topic How to Deal with Employee Grievances?
topic Dimensions of Employee Involvement. Reasons for Employee Commitment.
topic Employee Engagement versus Employee Satisfaction
topic The Best 5 Ways to Beat Monday Blues
topic Leaders Need to Manage Their Own Engagement
topic Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES)
topic How to Develop the Ownership of Project Members?
Special Interest Group

SIG Leader

Do you know a lot about Organizational Commitment? Become our SIG Leader

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