2006-09-19 19:28:35 · 3 answers · asked by freemind ci 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Be careful; one person's insubordination is another person's company loyalty or determination to follow the law.
Keep in mind that you're not in the military or the priesthood; today there is little that truly qualifies as textbook insubordination.
If you are the supervisor, you'd have to show malicious, team busting, pernicious activities that cut into profits, destroy morale and increase costs in order to adequately support that loaded word. And all of the above has to take place in an environment where all parties are above reproach and all proper procedures are being followed.
Can you find another word? How about saying that the person 'has difficulty following directions' or 'seems inefficient' or 'isn't a team player' or something like that?
Claiming insubordination sets up a direct confrontation that the manager can only lose, because good managers don't have insubordinate people on their staffs. So if you prove that the person is insubordinate (a tall order) you prove you've failed. If you fail to prove that the person is insubordinate, you prove that they are and now they just got away with it.
Be careful!
2006-09-19 19:35:56 · answer #1 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The individual being insubordinate is a misfit and should be fired - quickly or demoted some other place like Kodiak,, Alaska.
2006-09-20 03:56:43 · answer #2 · answered by fatsausage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A subordinate should be given a first, and a second warning for misconduct and be told "Three strikes and you're out!"
2006-09-20 02:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by Neil S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋