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Capturing The Culture Of A Behavioral Health Organization, Pamela Lucas

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The effectiveness of an organization is contingent upon the leadership’s ability to create a culture which can achieve organizational goals while meeting the expectations of the stakeholders. Behavioral health and other healthcare organizations have a responsibility to remain in compliance with federal, state, and other accrediting bodies. Langevoort (2017) stated that cultures of compliance refer to shared beliefs within an organization about the importance of legal compliance in relation to other pressures and goals. Behavioral health organizations tend to maintain a compliance culture regardless of the potential benefit of moving to a noncompliance culture. These organizations can experience rapid change …