{"product_id":"the-organizational-sweet-spot-charles-ehin-9780387981932","title":"The Organizational Sweet Spot: Engaging the Innovative Dynamics of Your Social Networks","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmployee disengagement is one of the most pressing problems plaguing managers today hampering the innovation capacities of countless organizations. According to recent polls, some 20 percent of workers report feeling disconnected from their jobs, in an environment of stagnating wages, massive layoffs, rising health care costs, and other factors that contribute to alienation, distrust, and apathy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Organizational Sweet Spot\u003c\/em\u003e, Dr. Charles Ehin takes a refreshing new look at what it will take to reengage disaffected workers and boost their resolve to advance novel ideas. Applying the latest research from such fields as evolutionary psychology, social neuroscience, organizational behavior, anthropology, and social network analysis, Ehin demonstrates how employee disengagement is rooted in a fundamental misalignment between people's instinctive drive to develop their personal and group identities through informal or \"emergent\" relationships and the ways in which organizational goals and profit motives are executed through formal bureaucracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe challenge for today's organizations--which operate under constantly changing conditions--is to narrow this gap, that is, to find the \"sweet spot\", where the formal and informal elements of the organization overlap. Ehin provides practical tools for leaders to support this \"shared access domain\" to improve productivity, catalyze innovation, and inspire exceptional performance. His new model is likely to reverberate throughout current management thinking as we move toward creating more vital and meaningful workplaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Ehin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0387981934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780387981932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d","brand":"Charles Ehin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425015120127,"sku":"9780387981932","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3226e2a0-90ea-4ad0-bf3c-f45c87187f22.jpg?v=1761536416","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-organizational-sweet-spot-charles-ehin-9780387981932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}