Why People Act the Way They Do in Corporate Settings
Time and time again managers have tried to eliminate hierarchies, politics, and interorganisational rivalry - but to no avail. why? Evolutionary psychology would say that they are working against human nature - emotional and behavioural "hardwiring" that is the legacy of our Stone Age ancestors.
In this unique and important book, Professor Nigel Nicholson explores many of evolutionary psychology's central tenets and its implications for business management. The insights that this science provides into human instinct will prove illuminating to anyone seeking to understand why people act the way they do in organisational settings. Evolutionary psychology also explores the dynamics of the human group. Clans on the Savannah Plain, for example, appear to have had no more than 150 members. The message for managers? People will likely be most effective in small organisational units.
