Bad Behavior and the Difficult Employee

Bad Behavior and The Difficult Employee

Nancy La Flam

CJ345 Supervisory Practices in Criminal Justice

Unit 6

Thomas Libert

November 3, 2015

Bad Behavior and The Difficult Employee

Scenario 1

Dealing with problem employees, and bad behavior occurs more often than one would like to admit. As a result, when an employee becomes difficult to work with, jobs are not finished, or work is done with unresponsiveness, a supervisor must take remedial action. In some situations, unsuitable behavior can impair the effectiveness of the officer and in other cases, it can impair the work of other members. “Problem employees can usually be described as possessing one, or more, of the following characteristics: erudite, tyrannical, defeatist, manipulator, or indecisive.” (Moore, H. W. & Miller L.S. 2011).

If your employee or officer is an erudite they have an opinion about everything, they never have a loss for words and they actually pride themselves on their command of language. “The erudite should never be allowed to take over the leadership position, and as a supervisor, you should acknowledge their contributions with appropriate praise.” (Moore, H. W. & Miller L.S. 2011). Problem behavior seldom evolves from a personality conflict between a supervisor and an officer. Most often it is the result of the failure of one of the involved parties to accept tenets, behaviors, and views other than their own (Steinmetz & Todd, 1992). Whatever the cause of conflict, the supervisor must deal with conduct that is inimical to the organization. If unacceptable behavior occurs, the supervisor must respond. If ignored, it can negatively affect other employees as well as the organization itself (Jones, 1999; Mahoney, 1986; Orthmann & Hess, 2012). Problem employees can usually be placed in one of the following categories: erudites, tyrants, defeatists, manipulators, or indecisives. 

Then you have the tyrants and they respect no one, they respond explosively, and do...