How Can I Inspire Positive Change and Discipline Among Tribal Area Workers?

Motivating and Cultivating Positive Changes in Tribal Area Workers

Please guide me in the following matter. I have to motivate and cultivate positive attitudinal changes in tribal area workers. The industry has all sorts of CNC machines and also conventional machines like lathes, etc. Very few of the workers hold ITI certificates among the total 100 workers. Some are only experienced without any educational qualifications. All are very undisciplined; some even spit around the working area. Long absenteeism is also a common problem. For the required ISO certification, the entire atmosphere of the workplace should be changed. I know it's a difficult and long-term project. Still, I am in need of some innovative tools, games, and ideas to cultivate a good atmosphere. I want to improve civic sense and good mannerism among all workers.

So, I request all of you to help me in this matter.

Regards,
D.S. Kulkarni
Satara, Maharashtra.

Motivational Factors for Discipline

What motivational or compelling factors are available for them to follow discipline?

Reasons for Interest in Discipline

What are the probable reasons that they are interested in discipline?

Please let me know if you need further assistance or clarification.

Dear Mr. dskstara,

The issue you are facing involves serious and multipronged action, which I feel should be addressed as follows:

1. Have an interface with the personnel in question in a warm environment and find out their genuine needs/problems.

2. During the process mentioned in step 1 above, you will be able to identify the genuine problems facing the personnel, those loyal to the group's development, as well as nuisance mongers.

3. Please have an informal interaction with those found sincere, and impress upon them your honest intention to solve their problems, as well as the goals of the management and their contribution.

4. Start initiating action for step 3 above.

5. Again, involve the group as in step 3 above and impress upon them the negative role of certain individuals and its impact on the interests of the workers in general, as well as the management.

6. After singling out the people of negative type, have a sort of heart-to-heart meeting with them once again to impress upon them the harm they are causing to their brethren as well as the management, and that you need their positive contribution.

7. Start taking tough action against those who still do not mend their ways.

8. Interface with the workmen in an informal/formal way has to continue, and problems found genuine have to be sorted out quickly.

I think that the above process, if set in motion after giving due thought to items, if any, left over, may be of some help to you.

Regards,

S.K. Johri

Thank you for sharing your respected and valuable remedies. Those will be really useful to me. However, I am still interested in training the workers in life skills. I am in need of some tools, games, etc., so please share with me. As the above remedies you suggested have temporary effects, which I am already using, I want something with a permanent effect. I am ready for a long-term impact. Thank you once again.

Regards

Thank you for sharing your ideas. I am sure those will help me a lot.