Synopses & Reviews
Is our pre-historic psychological make-up more important than you thought? Over and over, managers and leaders try--and fail--to eliminate hierarchies, internal politics, and inter-organizational rivalry. Why? Evolutionary psychology would say that they are fighting human nature--emotional and behavioral 'hardwiring' that is our prehistoric legacy. This penetrating and important book explores evolutionary psychology, and its implications for business management. Nicholson explains that office politics, turf wars, and gossip cannot be eliminated by corporate policy, because they're a part of our evolutionary core. Status and gender differences will resist our effort at change, he says, until we admit their place in our genetic makeup.