{"product_id":"2940046517231","title":"Organization Developed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book will shed some light on the often misunderstood world of organizational development (OD). Any manager who has successfully led a unit for more than a year has probably accomplished some amount of organizational development. Often, supervisors have accomplished organizational development within their units, also. Don’t let the term itself confuse you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat being said, the term is quite confusing as the term has various definitions depending on who is speaking. Actually, anyone who can intelligently discuss the topic has a definition that is at least a little tweaked from other's definitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn practice, organizational development takes a unit from where it currently stands to become a better functioning unit over time. This can be accomplished in various ways where the complexity of the developmental project can become extremely difficult for large organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a fictional story of a financially strong, but organizationally underperforming company, Farris BoatWorks. The 1,250-employee non-union company designs, builds and sells around 20 boats a year at three manufacturing facilities located in Houston, TX, Mobile, AL and Norfolk, VA. The company has a catalog offering 75 different types of yachts and marine workboats that can be customized in a plethora of ways. In actuality, all of the company's boats are highly customized per the owner's needs. The company has 9 service branches across the central and eastern USA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scott Carpenter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108587192560,"sku":"2940046517231","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046517231_p0.jpg?v=1764000153","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046517231","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}