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Reflection Of Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs

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Organisational Behaviour’s Reflection Paper

According to Robbins and Judge (2013), organisational behaviour studies the impact individuals, groups, and structures have on behaviour within organisations in order to improve an organisation’s effectiveness. It is a very useful subject of study for us as we can understand, analyse, and also describe behaviours in organisations, and it is also very useful for managers because they can improve, enhance, or change work behaviours to ensure that individuals, groups, and the whole organisation can achieve their goals. This subject of study consists of many concepts and theories that relate to our everyday lives, and one example of it is the motivation concept, which I will be writing on in this reflection …show more content…

Maslow states that every human being has five hierarchies of needs. The first need is physiological, and this includes air, food, water, shelter and other basic needs. The second need is safety, and this includes protection and security from physical, mental, and emotional harm. The third need is social, and this includes acceptance, affection, belongingness, friendship, and love. The fourth need is esteem, which is made up of internal esteem and external esteem. Internal esteem refers to self-respect, autonomy, and achievement, while external esteem refers to attention, respect from others, recognition, and status. The last need is self-actualisation, and this is the factor that drives an individual to become their best in terms of growth, achieving potential, and also self-fulfillment. Maslow also states that once we have fulfilled one need, we will try to fulfill the next need and that need will motivate us in our everyday …show more content…

So, how do we motivate more people to join and become apart of the volunteering team? I would suggest giving them physiological needs first, and moving up the Abraham Maslow’s pyramid towards esteem needs. This is because some people might want to fulfill their esteem need, but how can they fulfill it if they have not even fulfilled their physiological needs. Therefore, I suggest giving them food, water, and sometimes shelter too depending on the situation. As an example, the voluntary work I did at the military base gave all the volunteers food and water incase we are hungry and thirsty. Another example would be giving shelters to volunteers who are volunteering all the way to flood affected areas to clean up and rebuild the places. If the physiological needs are fulfilled, then we can consider helping the volunteers to fulfill their safety needs by placing the volunteers to help at a safe and protected area, which is not harmful to the volunteers. For example, the voluntary work I did at the military base was very secured and protected, as we had to register before we even step into their base. Then, we can also help volunteers fulfill their social needs by ensuring that it would be fun and interesting to be apart of the volunteering team since you can meet a lot of new people with the same purpose of being there.

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