The document discusses human nature and human behavior across different stages of life. It defines human nature as the set of characteristics common to all humans, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting. It then outlines several reasons for studying human nature, such as to understand why people behave differently and how to motivate people. The document also discusses the primary and secondary dimensions that shape individual differences, and how understanding human nature can help organizations adapt to individuals. Finally, it outlines the different stages of human life from infancy to later adulthood.

2. Introduction Concerned with wide variety of behavior and mental process Excellence and Efficiency Satisfaction and self fulfillment among the individual Human skills applied to management Non scientific and modern scientific

3. Definition Human nature is the concept that there are a set of logical characteristics, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting that all normal human beings have in common. The sum of qualities and traits shared by all humans. the ways of thinking, acting, and reacting that are common to most or all human beings or that are learned in social situations

4. Study of Human Nature To understand why people behave in a particular way. every individual behaves differently. E.g.: some are optimistic whereas some are pessimistic 2 . To understand individuals differences. No two people in an identical situation behave in a same way. Helps us to deal with individuals accordingly

5. 3.To understand various internal processes Studying different human beings Helps people to understand internal processes of human being. 4.To understand why people work Some people work for money and some for satisfying themselves Learning human nature teaches how to motivate people and fulfill their potentialities

6. 5.To study the changes in the organization Helps us to bring a desired and voluntary change in the organization and also in individuals. 6.Help organization and individuals in a mutually accepted in the expected direction. Understand people and provide them with job

7. Foundation of Human Nature Primary and secondary dimensions of individual differences Primary dimension Personal characteristics have impact throughout our lives. For e.g. showing authority. associated with prejudices or stereotypes.

8. 2.Secondary dimension Characteristics that people acquire throughout their lives These include family, education, work style.

9. Individual differences in modern organization Concerned with basic differences Knowledge of an employee Modification of managers and to suit individual abilities. Differences in physique Physical character differs 2.Differences in achievement Differences in individual’s interest ,skill and ability

10. 3.Differences in intelligence An ability to learn, remember, reciprocate of what one has already learned. 4.Differences in interest Depending on culture, sex, social environment individual’s have different meeting

11. Concepts of Human Behavior Human life is a continuous process Culture, ethic, gender identity helps us to understand people People play active part in creating their experiences Every human being is different yet the same

12. Human behavior is adaptive or mal-adaptive Behavior is motivated Human beings are biological

13. Periods of human life span each stage the life passes more or less evenly until there is a transition to a new stage. In every stage there are difference experience according to the conditions.

14. Different stages of a human life Infancy (1-2 years) Toddler (2-4 years) Early school age (5-7 years) Middle school age (8-12 years) Early adolescence (13-17 years) Later adolescence (18-25 years) Early adulthood (25-30 years) Middle adulthood (30-50 years) Later adulthood (50 and up)

15. Early ages Infancy(1-2 years) First stage Surrounding the baby with care Toddler (2-4 years) Prepares for the further life Builds its character, habits and skills for his life ahead

16. School age 3.Early school age Learning the basic way of communicating written or oral Gets acquainted with various subjects 4. Middle school age Not only being good in academics but also being good in as a human being Love people of different sex, age, etc

17. Adolescence 5. Early adolescence Confused of being a child or an adult Physically changes takes place 6. Later adolescence Completion of education and start in their own independent way Find a suitable friend for the whole life

18. Adulthood 7.Early adulthood young man and a lady decide to get married adapting each other 8. Middle adulthood critical point is when a child is born Most responsible period

19. 9. Later adulthood Work less, rest more Children leave their parent home and they stay all alone

21. Presented by - Nandini Iyer 32 Divya Jain 33 Pratyusha 38 Kirti Kothari 44 Michelle Leon 48 Nupoor Mehra 52