Acknowledgements
This open textbook has been adapted by Rob Foster in partnership with the OER Design Studio and the Library Learning Commons at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario.
This work is part of the FanshaweOpen learning initiative and is made available through a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licence unless otherwise noted.
This book is an adaptation of:
Organizational Behavior by LibreTexts is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
The following updates have been made from the original version:
Overall Changes:
- Golf industry examples and statistics added.
- Updated Canadian statistics have been added to some chapters.
- Images updated and recoloured.
- Changed to Canadian spelling.
- Some content sections were removed.
- Outdated case studies were removed.
- References checked and updated.
Cover image by Koen Liddiard, based on a photo by ChatGPT.
OpenAI. (2025). ChatGPT. [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat Prompt: Create an image of a golf manager in a pro shop or golf course building talking to some staff. Make sure there are women and men represented in the photo. The photo should be in portrait format.
Collaborators
This project was a collaboration between the author and the team in the OER Design Studio at Fanshawe. The following staff and students were involved in the creation of this project:
- Aaron Po, Instructional Design Student
- Koen Liddiard, Graphic Design Student
- Shauna Roch, Project Lead & Quality Assurance
- Wilson Poulter, Copyright
- Alex Hawkins, Library Outreach Specialist
- Alex Thom, Library Outreach Specialist
I would like to dedicate this book to my mother, Debbie Foster. You taught me a lot about business and financial management. I will cherish the years that we worked in the golf and club industry. RIP
