Driven How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices

Name: Driven How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices
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ISBN: 9780787963859

ISBN-10: 0787963852

ISBN-13: 9780787963859

Edition: 2002

Authors: Paul R. Lawrence, Nitin Nohria

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A touchstone for understanding how we behave on the job "This is a stimulating and provocative book in bringing together important ideas from different fields, and, thereby, giving us a whole new slant on 'human nature.'" -Edgar H. Schein, Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus and Senior Lecturer, MIT In this astonishing, provocative, and solidly researched book, two Harvard Business School professors synthesize 200 years of thought along with the latest research drawn from the biological and social sciences to propose a new theory, a unified synthesis of human nature. Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria have studied the way people behave in that most fascinating arena of human…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/23/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Editor's Note



Foreword



The Authors


Preface



Bridging Gaps: Setting the Stage for Understanding Human Nature



Toward a Unified Understanding of Human Nature



How the Modern Human Mind Evolved



Innate Drives and Skills



The Four Drives Behind Human Choices



The Drive to Acquire (D1)



The Drive to Bond (D2)



The Drive to Learn (D3)



The Drive to Defend (D4)



The Drives in Action: How Human Nature Works in Context



Culture, Skills, Emotions: Other Pieces of the Puzzle



Origins of the Social Contract



Why So Much Diversity?



Human Nature and Society



Human Nature in Organizational Life



The Road Forward


Afterword: Future Research Proposals


Notes


Bibliography


Index