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Human Psychology for Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Initially conceived as a primary text for business students, Human Psychology for Business, Our brains are as unique as our finger prints, has broad general appeal and provides a great number of insights into human behaviour allowing people to develop a much better understanding of themselves and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The generation of the book. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some nine or so\nyears ago I was sitting in the Dean\u2019s office for the School of Business at the\nUniversity of Toronto, Scarborough. I had just completed a second term of\nmarginal performance at teaching a course in quantitative methods. I was well\naware that my performance was poor, but I also felt that I had figured out how\nI could do a much better job, and I was still very interested in teaching. The\nnumber one suggestion put forward by the Dean was for me to publish a book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years later\nI was working with an associate and we were providing seminars. As I reviewed\nthe seminar material, it occurred to me that it would not be difficult to roll\nup the seminar material into a book. It was quite easy for me to convert the\npresentation material and diagrams into text and graphics. I reviewed the\nmaterial and asked myself, \u201cwhat kind of book could I make out of the\nmaterial.\u201d It occurred to me that I had not seen a psychology course offered by\nany of the business schools I was familiar with. I performed a web search of\nbusiness schools in North America, and again, I did not find any business\nschools offering a course in psychology appropriate or specific to business. I\nreviewed the course material offered in the Human Resources area for business\nand found that the material offered had virtually an exclusive focus on the\nadministrative and legal aspects of Human Resource Management, but again, no\nreal focus on the human aspect of the management of Human Capital. It appeared\nthere was a need for a book that dealt with the human aspect of Human Capital\nManagement and it seemed that my material would serve well at meeting that need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then came the\ntask of structuring the material. My first degree was a general bachelor degree\nwith a major in biology, then I obtained a specialization in psychology,\nfollowed by an MBA in Management Science and Information Systems and finally my\nPhD in Organization and Management. This is the sequence I learned the material\nand it seemed quite natural to present the material in a similar sequence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a relatively\nshort period, I had completed a rough draft of the text and I sent the material\nto a few of my friends and associates for review and editing. A number of edits\nwere made, and again, I reviewed the text of the developing book. It appeared\nto me that I was on track for supplying the basic information that would be of\nbenefit in an introductory course to Human Psychology for Business. It also\noccurred to me that the book may also be of interest to the general public, business executives, managers, and the business\ncommunity in general\u2014great, more weight for marketing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project was\ncompleted in April 2019 and the book \u201cHuman Psychology for Business, Our brains\nare as unique as our Finger Prints.\u201d (ISBN 9781525527579) is available through\noutlets such as Friesen Press, Indigo\/Chapters, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book\nDepository, and many more. Please check with your favorite book retailer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Dennis Wilson, PhD, MBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\ndr.wilson@wilson-research.ca\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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