Positive Discipline Approach

This approach builds up on the philosophy that violations are actions which usually may be corrected without penalty. In this approach, the target is on fact-discovery and guidance to encourage wanted behaviours rather than using penalties to discourage unwanted behaviours. There are three steps to positive regulation. The first is a conference among the employee and the supervisor. The cause of this meeting is to arrive at a solution to the difficulty through discussion, with oral assurance by the employee to develop his performance. If development is not made after this first step, the supervisor holds a second conference with the worker to search why the solution agreed to in the first meeting did not manufacture results. At this stage a written reminder is handed over to the worker. This document details an agreed solution having an affirmation that improvement is the responsibility of the worker and a condition of constant employment. While both meetings fail to generate the desired results, the workers are given a paid leave for one day to choose his future in the organisation. The worker is expected to come back the next day with a decision to make a whole commitment to develop performance or to quit the organisation. These three stages are given in Box:

Box : Steps in Positive Discipline