Disciplinary procedures on employees’ commitment in the organization: a case study of RAS office Tabora

Abstract

The study examined disciplinary procedures on employee’s commitment in the organization using RAS Tabora office as a study case. The study was guided to three objectives, identify disciplinary procedures used to ensure employees committed, identify number of employees who had already disciplined, examine challenges HR facing to institute disciplinary procedures and to examine the effect of disciplinary procedures on employees’ commitment. Total number of 15 respondents from RAS office was used as sample size. The method of data collection included Interview (Structured and non-structured interview) and Documentary review involved. The instrument used in data collection was interview guide .While data were analyzed and organized through content approach to support decision. In general the study found that 57% of all employees they aware of disciplinary procedures which used to ensure employees commitment in the organization and they mention formal proceedings which used to handle big offences like failure to perform work and summary proceeding which used to handle small offences like failure to finish work. They mention Disciplinary action taken to handle different offences like Warning, Suspension, Dismissal and other action like half pay, Demotion and Transfer. Many of them have experience on how other employees disciplined for moral misconduct it’s about 20 employees who had already disciplined from 2014-2017 for indiscipline act like alcoholism, Absenteeism, Lateness and theft. Challenges facing HR to institute disciplinary procedures most was financial problem, difficult to deal with employee’s social matter and complain. Disciplinary action effect employees into positive and negative way. Generally employees hate disciplinary action, study recommend that manager should educate and train employees about disciplinary so that they can be aware that discipline is not all about punishment and managers should not only base on disciplinary action to ensure employees commitment but also good management like conducive working environment, training to employees, good payment, employees participation and safety to their work