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P1 : The Need For Discipline

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Introduction For any public service to work effectively the members of these services must be efficient. They must be disciplined as this is a large part of the uniformed public services. It is very important as if members are disciplined and self-disciplined they have will affect the members own performance and their services professionalism and efficiency in a positive way and vice versa. P1: The need for discipline What is discipline? Discipline is basically calm and controlled behaviour. It is when rules and boundaries are put in place and if those rules are broken then punishments are given to correct disobedience and to enforce discipline. By being disciplined it should also improve someone’s morale. It is about changing behaviour. For example, in the Army you have haircuts before joining; you sign a military contract etc. When somebody knows their boundaries and rules they develop a moral code. This means they’ll learn the difference from right and wrong and will also learn what’s expected of them. If no one tells you then you don’t know the difference. Therefore if someone’s not disciplined then they are harder to train. For example, in the Army all officers have to have discipline in order to tell other soldiers what to do and for them to do it properly. In all public services the importance of having discipline is very high. Discipline is ‘The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour’. – Oxford Dictionary Why do orders need to be

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