IMPACT OF STAFF DISCIPLINE ON EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE IN MINISTRY OF LAND AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, LAFIA

ABSTRACT This research work is an attempt to examine the impact of staff discipline on employee’s performance in Ministry of Land and Urban Development, Lafia. The objective of the study is to Identify the factors that affect staff discipline on training and development in Ministry of Land and Urban Development, Lafia; Explore how staff discipline affected appointment and promotion in Ministry of Land and Urban Development, Lafia; and Ascertain the level at which staff discipline impacts on punctuality and regularity in Ministry of Land and Urban Development, Lafia, Research design employs in this study is the survey research design, It was found that ministry of land and urban development staff discipline lead to increase employee performance. It was found that the punctuality and regularity impacts employee performance in Ministry of land and urban development Lafia. The study also revealed that Ministry of land and urban development Lafia operate discipline. The sample size for this study were 46. The study recommended that Staff discipline should be seen by all as a panacea for high productivity in not only the private sectors but also in any other sector of the economy. Staff discipline practice by organization should be such that can cause motivation of employees with the resultant effect as highly productivity and organizational growth. staff should be made to appropriate the philosophy of employee’s discipline by making sure that it is both development and reward- driven in nature.