Preventing the Need for Discipline with Human Resource Management

By taking a strategic and proactive approach to the design of HRM systems, managers can eliminate the need for a substantial amount of employee discipline. HR programs designed to use employees’ talents and skills effectively reduce the need to resort to discipline to shape employee behavior. In this section we briefly revisit some of the functional areas of HR we discussed in earlier chapters to show how each can be designed to prevent problem employees.114

Recruitment and Selection

By spending more time and resources on recruiting and selection, managers can make better matches ...

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