Finding balance between freedom and productivity
  
 
     
     
             
                 
 
 
         
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 Preface:  I am working in a company where most of the employees are in their early 20s. We have a very open culture and office. This is great to have a very friendly and low-stress working environment. As a byproduct, productivity is low and almost everyone is behaving fairly unprofessionally. They don't respect deadlines, juniors don't follow instructions carefully. And a grave lack of mutual respect among many colleagues etc.   As a member of management, what can I do to find a balance between a fun and free working environment, and utter chaos. I don't want to make any dramatic change that upsets staff. I am hoping to slowly instill some more discipline.   Question:  At a high level, what management principles are there that I could employ to focus staff on being more task orientated rather tha...