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OK, then can't disciplinary action be used to calibrate the level of "concern" without becoming debilitating if presented properly? Or, is disciplinary action to be considered always debilitating? If one thinks so, I am not buying it. Not all forms of disciplinary action revert to the use of a whipping post.
Disciplinary Action is always a negative thing (it is negative for the one giving it and the one getting it, at least typically). It should only be used when the person can be shown to be the problem (driving a fork lift under the influence, not showing up to work because of being noncommitted, falsifying information, spending too many hours socializing instead of working, spending too much time on the cove
Disciplinary action is not a motivator to do a job better in a poorly designed system. If someone is going to be disciplined it should not be because the system is not poke-yoke but because the worker is not behaving in a socially responsible manner.

Disciplinary action should be part of a resource system to separate dead wood from those who just need some coaching.

FWIW,
Mark
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