eat so all the food in his fridge would become rotten. Ben refused to believe he was sick so he often refused treatment forcing his mom to go to court and become his Conservator, she petitioned for the Right to Medicate and Right to Involuntary Commitment, though it would only last that hospital stay. Ben would throw away his medications and since he often lived alone no one knew until it was multiple days after. Kaye once found five days worth of pills in the bottom of Ben’s garbage can. Ben’s…
Community Treatment Orders Community Treatment Order (CTO) as a form of mandated outpatient treatment is well established and exists in several jurisdictions in various forms all over the western world. Its concept and practice has generated considerable debate and scrutiny with polarizing views. It presents a case for treatment as a right versus as a choice, and begs the question of whether there can be a balance freedom or coercion for the consumer. In this paper I will provide an overview…
thirty-six months. Kendra’s law placed a significant value on the hospitalization, regardless whether the hospitalization had a direct association with the mental illness or not. This would jeopardize individuals who wouldn’t truly require outpatient commitment and take a toll on their everyday…
theory of organizational culture (a symbiotic relationship between leadership and culture), the culture in academia and business would look different therefore causing leadership and change management to be different. Studies show that there are different factors that influence the employee’s commitment to organizational change (i.e. managerial practices such as organizational support, transformational leadership, shared values, and communication have been found to be antecedents to commitment…
Mr. MacAllister talked about through an organizational behavior perspective, both job performance and organizational commitment will be examined through an examination of those aspects of the comprehensive organizational behavior model discussed by Colquitt, LePine, and…
Lack of commitment means an employee does not feel an obligation to their work. Examples of behaviors that lead to lack of commitment are dishonestly, excuses, and complaints. When an employee continually shows up late and uses excuses to explain their reasoning this is a good example of someone who has a lack of commitment. Employee dissatisfaction is when the working environment does not fulfill an employee’s needs…
Infoglut During Organizational Change Organizational change is often seen as necessary for any growing organization. Wells Fargo Bank has gone through numerous public scandals and crises over the last year, most notably the sales practices lawsuit in 2016. Since that revelation, several other controversial news headlines have popped up as well, including executive dismissals, class action lawsuits, and settlements. Over the past year, the company has tried to repair the reputation damage and…
Organizational culture involve shared expectations, values, and attitudes, it exerts influence on individuals, groups and organizational process; members are influenced to be good citizens to go along. Quality customer service is important in the culture then individual are expected to adopt this behavior, and if adhering to a specific set of procedures in dealing with customers is the norm then this type of behavior would be expected recognized and rewarded: Organizational culture defined:…
In their article, “Organizational Development in a Law Enforcement Environment,” French and Stewart identify that law enforcement agencies have a difficult task of making organizational changes. This is due to the fact that within the chain of command, the power is at the top as in a Chief of Police (2001). In addition, the nature and diversity of the work makes it difficult to make organizational changes. In this article, the task of organizational development was reviewed within the Florida…
Forum 7 Reply Post 2 Another informative and interesting post. Organizational culture is a powerful force in any work environment, particularly, a negative culture. Destructive organizational values take time, adverse motivations, undesirable behaviors, and antagonistic agreements to become entrenched. Complex networks up and down the chain of command can then create a protectionism of the system, making dismantling harmful conduct exceedingly difficult. However, transformational leadership…