Negative Discipline: Negative discipline involves force or an outward influence.

It isthe traditional aspect of discipline and is identified with ensuring that subordinatesadhere st rictly to rules, and punishment is meted out in the event of disobedience orindi scipline. As you can see, in this perspective strict penalties are levied for th eviolation of rules. It is, in fact, the fear of punishment that works as a dete rrent in themind of the subordinate. Approaching discipline from this kind of a perspective hasbeen proving increasingly ineffective for various reasons.