The Impact Of Employee Discipline On Organization Performance

This study was carried out  to examine the impact of employee discipline on organization performance using Ibadan Polytechnic as case study. To carry out the study, 3 research hypothesis were posed. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The study was carried out in Ibadan, Oyo state. The population of the study comprised of all the staff of Polytechnic Ibadan. The population size of the study was 67 respondents. The instrument for data collection in this study was structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using frequency Table while the hypothesis were tested using chi-square statistical tool SPSS v23. The major findings of the study disclosed that employee discipline has significant impact on overall organization performance.

Effective disciplinary action is a viable instrument of directing employee behaviour towards the accomplishment of organizational goal. And there is meaningful relationship between disciplinary action and correction of employee unwanted behaviour. Based on the findings; the research proffered the following recommendation; since current code of discipline affected the employee performance to a certain extent, there should be increased support for learning of the code of discipline and new employees should go through proper induction. This will ensure performance throughout the employees stay in the organization.

Administrators and supervisors should therefore be responsible for the investigation of counterproductive behavior, preferably by conducting personal interviews with offenders in order to determine the causes of their misconduct and to address personal problems, if necessary. And the government should come up with policies on how to discipline the employees and the mechanism should fast be vetted to ensure they are not harsh so that employees don’t fear the process of discipline but respect it