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Management Guidelines and Principles

 

Bureaucracy enhances professionalism and efficiency. This is because recruitment and promotion is on merit, regular pensions and salaries. .
             Discipline and Bureaucracy .
             Discipline remains an important management principle in any organization. It is important that the bureaucracy observe proper conduct and obedience while relating with each other. Discipline is thus essential in smooth functioning in all organizations. Discipline ensures that work is divided among groups and individuals in ensuring that attention and effort focuses on some special portions of every task. Discipline in work relations facilitate specialization and efficiency in human resources used within organizations. McHugh and Thomson (1995) emphasize the role of managers as both decision-makers and leaders who have a role in inculcating discipline as an integral element of the organizational culture. McGregor in his Theory X supports Taylor (1911) who posits that employees dislike initiatives and work. Managers have the singular role of directing and coercing them. McGregor's Theory Y (Kopelman, Prottas, and Davis, 2008) advances the notion that self-control and self-direction are important elements that show commitment by employees towards discipline, which are important in realizing organizational goals. Thus, managers should involve employees in decision-making (Weber, and Kalberg, 2005). .
             Managers should ensure that employees who work in analogous activity line comprehend and pursue similar objectives. This helps facilitate directional unity. Managers should control the employees. This ensures that unity of actions exists. Efforts focusing and strengths coordination is important. Towards this end, managers should design appropriate decentralized or centralized structures. Identification of stages within processes such as evaluation, follow-through, implementation, choice, and generation is central. Unity of direction is achieved when employees and other stakeholders are involved in decision-making.


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