A Sociobiological Examination of Management Theory Z
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9890059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert B Glassman (Lake Forest College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 367-392 |
| Publication date | 1984-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001872678403700502 |
| OpenAlex | W2152243891 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
A premise of theory Z is that learning is the only significant source of human socialization, however, the theory's aims of individual worker fulfillment and increased aggregate productivity in a pluralistic society may be enhanced if possible instinctual contributions to behavior patterns are considered. Ideological snares in “genetic determinism” and “cultural determinism”are described and an attempt is made to depolarize these alternatives. Basic ideas about evolution and inheritance are explained briefly, with evidences from familial studies, interspecies studies, and brain research. Because societies as pluralistic as the United States are historically unusual, achieving a dynamic equilibrium of multiethnic integration that spans generations requires an unusually creative and predictive effort. Ouchi's notion of the natural mentoring relationship is a possible seed of such creative evolutionary change, suggesting a need for greater general dissemination of occupational information, to help individual teachers and learners to discover each other
Determinism · Economics · Epistemology · Heredity · Ideology · Inheritance (genetic algorithm · Nature versus nurture · Political science · Premise · Productivity · Social science · Socialization · Sociobiology · Sociology · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Philosophy of Karl Popper
Science and Human Behavior
Evolution and the Theory of Games
Individuality and Selection
Affective Discrimination of Stimuli That Cannot Be Recognized
Familial Studies of Intelligence
Technology and Social Structure in a Japanese Automobile Factory
The neuropsychology of facial recognition
On the conflicts between biological and social evolution and between psychology and moral tradition
The sociobiological challenge to psychology
The neuropsychology of facial recognition
Childhood and Adolescence
Parent–child interaction, television violence, and aggression of children
Genetic consequences of cultural decisions in the realm of population
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Arthur Jensen—are they compatible
The Bard of Savagery
The Bard of Savagery
The Evolution of Man and Society
British Factory-Japanese Factory. The Origins of National Diversity in Industrial Relations
| Highly cited | No |
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