Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

met. The need for food, shelter, a sense of security or protection and above all,

Abraham Maslow was an American philosopher who was born in the early 1990 's in Brooklyn, New York. He was one of the leading theorists that promoted humanistic psychology during his era. Maslow sought to understand what motivates and inspires individuals. He theorized that individuals possess and hold a group of motivation and incentive systems not related to plunder or insensible desires. Maslow declared that people are motivated and provoked to attain certain needs. When one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfill the next one, and so on. The earliest version of Maslow 's hierarchy of needs includes five motivational needs, often viewed as hierarchical levels inside a pyramid. The five stage representation can be separated into basic needs and growth needs. The deficiency or basic needs are said to motivate and stimulate individuals when they are unmet and not fully attained. Also, the desire to fulfill and accomplish such wants and needs will become stronger the longer the duration they are denied. Once these needs have been relatively satisfied, an individual may be capable of reaching the highest level of the pyramid called self-actualization. Maslow though that self actualization is a state that exists when an individual is acting in harmony with his or her full capabilities. In Cormac McCarthy 's novel, The Road, we will examine the character 's physical journey towards self-actualization on Maslow

are treated in accordance with Theory Y, they will be motivated and committed to the organisational

wellbeing of the individual. It is important to supply the individual with information and services that

The directing functions tend towards a high level of motivation and commitment from employees to the organization.

Theory X and Theory Y were created by Douglas McGregor. Theory X has 8 points that include: productive enterprise is under the control of management, with regards to people, this is an attempt to control their efforts, to motivate them, controlling their actions, and changing the way they act, and if this is not done, people will docile and resist the needs of the organization and the every day man does what he can to work as little as possible. Theory X also says the every day man is not ambitious, does not like responsibility, would rather follow than lead, is self-centered, does not like for things to change, is very gullible, and not very bright. Theory X represents the

In contrast, Theory Y holds the view that work can be child’s play. People are committed, can work autonomous and still reach their work objectives, act responsible and are creative in

In conclusion, I think that Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is an effective theory that describes the stages of human needs, which can be used as a reference for many people, societies and also for many companies for the purpose of organization and personal development. We cannot have automatic self-actualization without passing through the first needs, each are steps that shows different motivation needs, in its hierarchy Maslow’s describes them step by step, even though some of this needs may occur at the same time.

Nothing may define us more in life then our behavior. They are the actions that become of our feelings, thoughts, and our experiences in life. As a whole the study of what people think, feel and do in and around an organization is referred to as Organizational behavior or OB. (McShane & Glinow, 2016) .In an organizational structure, our behaviors can affect many aspects of business like moral and profit gain or loss. The ability to understand and properly manage many different types of people and behaviors inside a business structure allows the business to operate like a well-oiled machine. That also requires an understanding of how to motivate different personality types. In the research I am going to compare Maslow’s hierarchy of needs against Lawrence and Nohira’s 4 drive theory in an attempt to better understand their possible uses inside an organizational structure.

In this specific case study, when analyzed using both Maslow’s ‘hierarchy of needs’, along with Herzberg’s ‘satisfaction theory’, it can be seen that there are two major causes of organizational issues, from the removal of bonuses to the sudden layoffs

Nowadays, human resource management is getting more and more important due to more corporations consider being a strategic, forward thinking, globalized and low cost but high productive business. In order to achieve a valuable ‘people’ dimension of a success business, human resources management need to take into account. Human resource management is not only benefits the company’s profits but also take good care of employees such as training, development, communications and reward systems. There are four basic functions of human resources management, which are staffing, training and development, motivation and maintenance.

The goal for any business or organization should be to see that their employees feel their needs are met. This leads to job satisfaction and ownership of their responsibilities. Organizations which do this have a workforce with fewer absences, less tardiness; performance at higher levels, and fewer turnovers. In short, the organization gains accountability, commitment and loyalty. The contrast to this approach and the negative returns thereof are very costly.

The situation when managers are authoritarian to achieve his desired results or when the responsible employee has the flexibility to reach the objectives. It is the view that traditional management has taken towards the workforce. Many organisations are now taking the enlightened view of theory Y. A boss can be viewed as taking the theory X approach, while a leader takes the theory Y approach.

be limits and social order. So when our physical needs are met we then find

Theory X assumes employees are inherently lazy and will avoid work if they can and that they inherently dislike work. As a result of this, management believes that workers need to be