CAUSES OF INDISCIPLINE IN INDIAN INDUSTRIES
Indiscipline means a situation in which the management does not get the cooperation of workers and employees. Non-cooperation of employees is in most cases the result of faulty attitudes and behaviour of the management. Henry Fayol made a statement in this regard, 'Discipline is what the leaders make it.' This statement by Henry Fayol proves that discipline is the responsibility of the management of an enterprise. So indiscipline is the result of managerial faults. Even if the indiscipline is the result of faulty behaviour and attitudes of workers and employees in an enterprise, the responsibility of such indiscipline will also be with management.
Important causes of indiscipline in Indian industries are as follows:
1. Partiality in the behaviour of managers:
When the managers in an enterprise are not impartial in their behaviour, it causes the feeling of indiscipline among them Such indiscipline arises when the managers give undue weightage to an employee or criticise an employee without any justified reason.
2. Faulty Decisions of Managers:
Sometimes the managers take wrong decisions on the issues of interests of employees such as the decisions regarding promotion. Such decisions cause dissatisfaction among the employees and the become indisciplined.
3. Defective Supervision:
The supervisor is the immediate boss of a worker in an industrial enterprise. The workers have to deal with the supervisor in relation to many problems. If the supervision is defective and the attitude and behaviour supervisor is not proper, it may create many problems. The supervisor plays an important role in the maintenance of discipline. Therefore, indiscipline may spring from the lack of proper supervision.
4. Lack of Effective Communication:
Lack of effective communication causes many problems in the enterprise. The result of the lack of effective communication is that the orders and directives of management are not properly communicated to workers and to the problems and grievances of workers are not properly communicated to management. It creates a gap in understanding which in turn cause the problem of indiscipline.
5. Ignorance of Labour Problems:
Discipline is the outcome of the attitude of workers. The attitude of workers is determined by the personal problems of workers! Therefore, understanding of these problems and difficulties is necessary in order t maintain discipline in an industrial organisation. If the managers do not pay adequate attention to the problems of their workers, it may cause the feeling of disappointment, dissatisfaction and frustration among the workers. Such disappointment and dissatisfaction cause indiscipline among the workers.
6. Lack of Effective Leadership:
Effective leadership is an important tool for maintaining discipline in an organisation. A successful leader is one who is voluntarily followed by his subordinates and who wins the faith and cooperation of his followers. If the leader of workers in an industrial organisation does not succeed in getting the cooperation of his followers, it may result in indiscipline among the workers.
7. Divide and Rule Policy of Management:
Some of the managers in big organisations obtain secret information about their employees through their trusted assistants. This habit of managers is not desirable in an industrial organisation because it may cause indiscipline among the employees about whom such information are collected.
8. Victimisation of Employees:
Sometimes, a manager or supervisor develops ill feelings in his mind about the employees serving under them. In this case, he victimises them in his own way. He puts such employees under excessive burden of work and under strict control. Due to this reason, such employees try to form a front so that they may oppose such behaviour of the supervisor or manager. It also causes indiscipline.
9. Lack of Well Defined Code of Discipline:
The rules, regulations, systems and practices must be specific and clear in every organisation so that the employees may be directed and guided properly. Such a code of discipline should be communicated to all the employees clearly so that they may follow it and extend their full cooperation in the achievement of organisational objectives. If there is a lack of a well-defined code of discipline, it may cause indiscipline among employees.
10. Other Causes:
Other causes of indiscipline in an industrial enterprise are as follows :
(i) Lack of required ability among the employees.
(ii) Lack of proper training facilities.
(iii) Improper allocation of work,
(iv) Psychological aptitude of Employees.
(v) Economic condition of employees etc.
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