You may select either a real organization or a hypothetical one.  Company Name

 You may select either a real organization or a hypothetical one. 
Company Name: Amazon
Assume the organization for your OD project is facing dramatic challenges for which senior management is asking for your expertise. As an OD professional, you will design and implement an intervention that will help the organization improve productivity, accomplish objectives, and engage employees.
This week:
Write a report including the following:
Name of your selected organization (you can provide a disguised name of the selected      organization). Determine if you will approach the project as an external consultant or an internal employee, and include a summary of key information about the organization.
Provide background information on the organization. How many people does it employ? In which industry does it operate? Is it a market leader? What types of products or services does it sell?
The problem(s) the selected organization faces. Analyze the problems using the open systems approach by identifying where the need for change arose and what areas of the      organization are affected by the need for change. What is the nature of the problems the organization faces? How severe are these problems? Are these problems specific to the organization or common to most organizations in the industry? What do you think are the root causes of these problems?
If you were an external OD consultant, who you would contact regarding working with this      organization? What kind of information would you need to include in a      contract, and what kind of fee structure would you develop?
Submission Details:
Present a 3- to 4- page paper in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style.
Due by 8/19/24 
Make certain to include in text citations from your course  text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main  post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Anderson, D. (2019). Organization development: The process of leading organizational change (5th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 9781544333021
No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.
No AI support, score must be 0% and less than < 10% score on Turnitin Task 1—Select an Organization and   Analyze the Problems Identify your subject organization, including a summary of key information about the organization. Analyze the organization’s problems leading to a need for change. Propose the process for entering into an OD consulting relationship with the organization.