John Stuart Mill's Desired Culture

Desired Culture: CLL prides itself on being a family oriented organization responsible for the care of developmentally challenged individuals in the best and most adaptable manner. This is clear as CLL was founded by a group of families looking to help and support each other in the care of their developmentally challenged children. In order to provide a calm and conflict free environment where special attention is provided to each patient’s individual needs, the support workers at CLL must work as one cohesive unit. This is clear as CLL prides itself on the belief that the “one shoe fits all” approach does not work as each individual suffers from different issues. This is an appropriate desired culture due to the fact that the residents have disabilities and are prone to outbreaks at any given time.
Actual Culture: Throughout the last three months at the Norman House, the support workers have been working as individuals, leading to many arguments. These arguments have resulted in the workers being divided into two sides, which has caused an ‘everyone for themselves’ mentality. This is proven through the disagreement between Davis, Neal and Jones surrounding whether or not to wake up Denny Liu. Despite Neal and Jones’ belief to let him sleep, Davis made an individual decision to wake him up. As a result of this thought process, the
According to the Path-Goal theory of leadership, Bennett uses a supportive approach, as she sees her coworkers as friends, while Davis uses a directive approach, by believing in only her ideas. The Norman House requires a more participative leader, as all of the support workers have valuable opinions developed through their education and work experience with CLL. McDonald currently uses a participative approach by taking the ideas of the support workers during their meetings, however, he is not able to be effective due to his minimal