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Managing the Human Animal (Hardcover)

by Nigel Nicholson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Texere Publishing,US; 1st ed. edition (23 Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1587990318
  • ISBN-13: 978-1587990311
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 791,213 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Chris Argyris, Harvard University and the Monitor Group In a beautifully written book on executive leadership, Nicholson provides a new perspective. He derives explanations of effective leadership that are fresh and novel. Practitioners and researchers will find the book full of insights and guides about future practice and research. Bob Ulrich, chairman and chief executive officer, Target Corporation "Finally, in the midst of all that is cyber and global comes a management philosophy that is truly universal: that to effectively lead today's organizations, executives must operate within a framework not only of technology and process, but of the realities of human nature." Manfred Kets de Vries, Clinical Professor of Leadership Development,INSEAD "Finally, a management book in a different voice. Using the microscope of evolutionary psychology, Nicholson has done a tour de force in furthering our understanding of human behaviour in organizations." Robert Frank, Cornell University and author of Luxury Fever and co-author of The Winner-Take-All Society "Nigel Nicholson offers a bold and a refreshing challenge to today's muddled commentary on business leadership. Managing the Human Animal may ruffle a few feathers, but if you think leadership really matters, you can't afford to ignore this book." Sir John Egan, chairman, Inchcape plc "This is a very good book. It brings the latest and most fashionable thinking surrounding evolutionary psychology to enlighten our views on the design of business organizations and their leadership requirements." Chris Argyris, Harvard University "In a beautifully written book on executive leadership, Nicholson provides a new perspective. He derives explanations of effective leadership that are fresh and novel."


Bob Ulrich, chairman and chief executive officer, Target Corporation

"Finally, in the midst of all that is cyber and global comes a management philosophy that is truly universal: that to effectively lead today's organizations, executives must operate within a framework not only of technology and process, but of the realities of human nature."

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5.0 out of 5 stars New perspective on Occupational behaviour, 31 Jan 2001
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Being an Occupational Psychologist I was very excited when I read about this book. I had been searching for some articles on how to use Evolutionary Psychology to understand occupational behaviour and here was a whole book on the subject! The author makes some excellent points and provides us with some good insights into some of the more problematic areas of ordinary working life. Especially on conflicts and gossip in the workplace. His point that these are parts of our evolutionary heritage and we should rather acknowledge it rather then to constantly fight it is a fresh outlook on the subject. The book lags down a little bit in the last chapters and I would have liked to have more references but this is still a must-have book for anybody who is trying to understand human behaviour at work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it!, 30 Jul 2009
By Mr. M. R. Smith (England) - See all my reviews
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I have both worked as a manager and considered the evolutionary psycology approach for years. This book sums up what I could not have put into words myself.

It is quite fundamental to 'us' understanding how we behave by looking at how evolution has programmed us to behave. This book discusses this in a management context.
I showed it to a friend who has just completed their MBA and recieved the comment "Why did'nt you show this to me earlier". Unfortunately I didnt have it then!

If you are managing people or want to understand management theories at a more fundamental level than Maslow et al this book is a very good read.
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