Human behavior in organizations is confusing because human nature is confusing. We are not one animal, but two animals. AND we are members of a species that has a life and mind of its own. This fundamental two-ness appears as a paradox, as two correct but contradictory views of organized behavior. On one view, organized behavior is individual behavior.
Individual behavior combines to make groups and organizations.
On the other view, organized behavior is species behavior. Species life divides and plays to make structures in which people play parts. The course focuses on this two-ness of human nature and the problems it poses for understanding and managing human behavior in organizations.