Academic Journal of Business & Management, 2025, 7(3); doi: 10.25236/AJBM.2025.070308.
Yingqi Yu
School of Economics and Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
Only by understanding human nature can we better understand people and know how to manage people. Therefore, the theory of human nature is the theoretical basis of management to a certain extent. Confucius said: " Sex is close, and habits are far away ". (" Lunyu Yanghuo "). The human nature is similar, the difference is not big. In the acquired life, the difference of human nature is gradually expanding. When exploring the incentive role of leadership in foreign management, these theories can be divided into four types of human hypothesis according to the order of view formation, namely, the hypothesis of " economic man ", the hypothesis of " social man ", the hypothesis of " self-realization man " and the hypothesis of " complex man ", and then the hypothesis of " moral man " is formed. Based on the perspective of human nature hypothesis, this paper discusses whether the use of human nature hypothesis can improve the management efficiency of enterprises and gain more advantages in market competition.
Hypothesis of Human Nature, Management Efficiency, Economic Man Hypothesis, Complex Man Hypothesis
Yingqi Yu. Research on how to improve management efficiency from the perspective of the evolution of human nature hypothesis. Academic Journal of Business & Management(2025), Vol. 7, Issue 3: 54-59. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2025.070308.
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