Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

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Title Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things
Publication Type Book
Pub Year 2009
Authors Gonzales, L.
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords group, rigidity
Notes rigidity, group"If individual human beings can form forceful and persistent mental models, organizations or groups of people seem to be able to do so on an almost unimaginable scale. A person has secret doubts and fears. An organization has the emotional life of a reptile." (p. 93)
URL http://books.google.com/books?id=j9O5SWybAJ0C