ABSTRACT
The word “school” activates associative memories to retrieve familiar sights, sounds and smells of childhood. Schools are dynamic organizations which represent a fascinating conglomerate of human existence. A child enters the school as a toddler and graduates out of school at the doorsteps of adulthood, thus presenting a linear pattern which tends to define schools all over the world. The complexities of school systems find their origin within the complexities of human behaviour, particularly when humans interact in groups. Human behaviour has been hardwired for survival through the process of evolution; consequently, the complex behaviour patterns become accentuated when a large number of human beings interact repeatedly within close confines. The behavioural games played in schools have an evolutionary facet and have been played iteratively over time to reach stable equilibriums. The games serve to enhance the complexities of school systems. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
