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Indlæser... Games Indians Play: Why We Are the Way We Areaf V. Raghunathan
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Notes on the book and NOT a review. Goodreads has a really low character count for reasons I don't understand. This book is an accurate description of the psychological reflexes a majority of Indians would have given any social or business situation using statistics/mathematics as a tool to simplify understanding. It is sad that the negative character traits that the author talks about in this book are all very true and are so commonly found in India that it is okay for the author to express them as a generalistic view. It is a great attempt at putting forward explicitly and simply the flaws of the modern Indian value system. Notes on the book and NOT a review. Goodreads has a really low character count for reasons I don't understand. Written by V Raghunathan (not N), a renowned academician in management, I picked up the book for the cleverly parodied title and the concluding sentence in author’s biography that said To relax, he fixes mechanical clocks. The book unfortunately wasn’t as wacko; it tries to explain the behaviour and underlying self-interested reasoning of the average Indian psyche ( which is many millions in number) using the tenets of game theory esp. Prisoner’s dilemma ( PD). But, the book is conflated to an extent by not restricting itself to description of behavioural sciences; often it is unable to resist passing social judgements, which I thought was beyond the purview of the book and diluted its original content. Also, the book overlooks complex social variables which have a huge influence on Indian behaviour, in which the locus of control is external. It would all be mildly exciting if you are new to game theory and its day to day application and are inclined to know more, if not, it can be hopelessly repetitive and at times boring! ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
In a rare attempt to understand the Indianness of Indians-among the most intelligent people in the world, but also, to a dispassionate eye, perhaps the most baffling-V. Raghunathan uses the props of game theory and behavioral economics to provide an insight into the difficult conundrum of why we are the way we are. He puts under the scanner our attitudes towards rationality and irrationality, selflessness and selfishness, competition and cooperation, and collaboration and deception. Drawing examples from the way we behave in day-to-day situations, Games Indians Play tries to show how in the long run each one of us-whether businessmen, politicians, bureaucrats, or just plain us-stand to profit more if we were to assume a little self-regulation, give fairness a chance and strive to cooperate and collaborate a little more even if self-interest were to be our main driving force. No library descriptions found. |
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