Aims (of discipline and disciplinary measures)

(a)    Discipline improves efficiency and improves the quality of production. A disciplined approach to production activities is aimed specifically at the reduction of such production costs as material usage, labour time and production overhead costs.

(b)    Discipline develops in employees the spirit of tolerance, self control and the ability to adjust personal life to resonance with group values.

    Adjustment may involve sacrifice in that personal convenience may have to be subordinated to group convenience.

(c)    Discipline provides the organization a sense of identity and direction consistent with its economic, social and moral objectives.
Thus, the rules of military institution would differ from those of a girls school or those of a mining crew. The disciplinary code reflects the culture of the organization.

(d)    Discipline creates the harmony necessary for the smooth functioning of the organization. It unifies group behaviour and avoids unpredictability and disruptive actions by group members.