How Hardwired is Human Behavior ?  

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Nicholson, Nigel

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Harvard Business Review bisa di lihat di link (http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/command/detail?sid=f227f0b4-7315-44a4-a7f7-a7cd8cbad80b%40sessionmgr114&vid=12&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&jid=HBR) vol. 76 no. 4 (1998), page 134-147.
Topik: HUMAN BEHAVIOUR; human behaviour; organizational behavior; psychology

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A new science called evolutionary psychology - sometimes called Modern Darwinism because it is based on the theory of natural selection - is drawing widespread support and sparking fierce controversy. The reason : evolutionary psychology asserts that human beings today retain the mentality of our Stone Age ancestors. We are, in other words, "hard wired" for certain attitudes and behaviours. If that is so, what are the implications for managers? In this article, Nigel Nicholson, a professor of organizational behaviour at London Business School and dean of the school's Division of Research, explores this provocative question. Of course, evolutionary psychology is still an emerging discipline, and its strong connection with the theory of natural selection has sparked significant controversy. But, as Nicholson suggests, evolutionary psychology is now well established enough that its insights into human instinct will prove illuminating to anyone seeking to understand why people act the way they do in organizational settings. Take gossip. According to evolutionary psychology, our Stone Age ancestors needed this skill to survive the socially unpredictable conditions of the Savannah Plain. Thus, over time, the propensity to gossip became part of our mental programming. Executives trying to eradicate gossip at work might as well try to change their employees' musical tastes. Better to put one's energy into making sure the "rumor mill" avoids dishonesty or unkindness as much as possible. 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 organizational units. As every executive knows, it pays to be an insightful student of human nature.

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