The Need for Punishment
A question that was asked last week was if it is possible to have discipline without punishment. The answer to this question really depends on the workplace and the group of workers. If you have a group of highly skilled professionals like a group of doctors, they by their nature are probably disciplined and believe in doing good work. Highly skilled workers such as doctors also usually deal with very important matters such as a person’s health or the well being of the nation. This probably causes them to take their work very seriously. On the other hand, unskilled workers who usually deal with unimportant matters probably need punishment or at least the threat of punishment to keep them in line. I know for a fact that in my previous jobs, the employees would not do any work if there was no fear of punishment.
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