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| Title | Labor Management in Agriculture: Cultivating Personnel Productivity - (2nd Ed, 2004) - Chapter 14 |
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| File Information | Effective discipline can protect the agricultural enterprise, the supervisor who enforces the rules, and the subordinates subject to the regulations. Everyone benefits when rules and consequences for violations are carefully formulated, clearly communicated, and consistently carried out. Many potential challenges are often resolved before they get out of hand. Confronting employees during a disciplinary (or termination, Chapter 15) interview takes much interpersonal skill and preparation. Throughout, it is important to distinguish between the employee as a person and any unwanted behavior to avoid building artificial walls between the supervisor and worker. If the employee needs to be disciplined or terminated, this is best done while permitting the employee to preserve as much dignity as possible. Management can help coach and mentor an employee into improving his performance or behavior, but at the end it is the worker who must decide if the job is worth the effort. The responsi-bility to improve must remain with the employee. |
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Billikopf, Gregorio
Area Farm Advisor emeritus
Labor management in agriculture: employee productivity (employee selection and testing, piece-rate pay design, incentive pay, internal wage structure and quality control); interpersonal mediation (co-worker mediation, supervisor-subordinate mediation, communication, interpersonal negotiation skills, effective listening); and supervisor training (employee discipline, praise, performance appraisal). |
| Publication Date | Jan 2, 2004 |
| Date Added | May 1, 2009 |
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