Behavioral Engineering: THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF DESIGNING HUMAN BEHAVIOR - Tapa blanda

Behavioral Engineering (Paperback)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Why do people behave the way they do-even when their intentions, knowledge, and goals suggest they should act differently?Why do employees resist technologies that could improve their work? Why do customers abandon processes they initially accepted? Why do people repeat habits they want to change? Why do digital platforms, organizational systems, incentives, interfaces, and environments influence behavior so powerfully?The answer is rarely found in motivation alone.Behavioral Engineering introduces a practical interdisciplinary approach to understanding and designing the conditions that make human behavior more or less likely. Drawing from behavioral psychology, learning theory, cognitive science, behavioral economics, human performance, systems thinking, design, technology, and artificial intelligence, this book explores behavior as the observable result of interacting conditions rather than as an isolated expression of personality or intention.Behavioral Engineering does not mean controlling people. It means examining the architecture surrounding behavior: the signals people receive, the choices available to them, the effort required, the information they can access, the consequences they experience, the habits they have learned, the social context they inhabit, and the systems that reinforce or discourage action.Inside this book, you will discover how to: Understand the environmental and psychological conditions behind behavior.Analyze antecedents, actions, consequences, habits, and feedback loops.Distinguish motivation problems from problems of ability, opportunity, resources, or system design.Diagnose why people fail to adopt technologies, processes, habits, and organizational practices.Design environments that make desired behaviors easier, clearer, and more sustainable.Use prompts, defaults, feedback, friction, incentives, and social conditions responsibly.Apply behavioral principles to organizations, performance, marketing, technology, AI, and digital experiences.Measure actual behavioral outcomes instead of relying only on intentions, activity, or compliance.Recognize the ethical boundaries between influence, persuasion, manipulation, and coercion.Design systems that support human capability, autonomy, learning, and long-term wellbeing.From workplace performance and CRM adoption to digital interfaces, artificial intelligence, marketing systems, education, and personal behavior change, this book presents a way to move beyond simplistic explanations such as "people are lazy," "employees resist change," or "customers lack motivation."Instead, it asks a more useful question: What conditions are currently making this behavior more likely-and what could be redesigned?Written for professionals, consultants, psychologists, marketers, designers, entrepreneurs, educators, technology specialists, organizational leaders, and anyone interested in human behavior, Behavioral Engineering offers a framework for observing behavior carefully, formulating testable hypotheses, designing interventions, measuring results, and refining systems over time.The central principle is simple but consequential: You do not always need to change the person. Sometimes you need to change the conditions surrounding the behavior.But greater power to influence behavior also creates greater responsibility. Effective systems must be evaluated not only by engagement, adoption, productivity, or performance, but also by transparency, proportionality, reversibility, privacy, autonomy, and human dignity.Behavior can be influenced, but it cannot be reduced to a mechanical formula. People adapt, interpret, resist, learn, and cha Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798175389419

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