MASLOW’S Need Hierarchy Theory

Abraham Maslow propounded a theory of human motivation that identified five sets of human needs arranged in a hierarchy of their importance to individuals.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs includes the following:

1. Physiological needs
2. Safety needs
3. Social needs
4. Esteem needs
5. Self Actualisation needs

Academic Projects: Can You Recognise the Need?

Each of the following work situations stresses the denials of one of the four basic needs:

A. Security, B. Social, C. Self-esteem, D. Self-actualisation.

After each situation write the letter of the need being denied.

1. A rumour of imminent layoffs is being circulated in the company, and employees are upset. ___
2. A new employee felt left out when she was not asked to join her fellow workers for coffee. ___
3. A machine operator developed a way to cut production time. His supervisor adopted the plan for operators on similar machines without giving him credit. The man was resentful. ___
4. A man who had worked hard on behalf of the union wished to be elected shop steward. At the last election he was not nominated by the others and felt let down. ___
5. A worker received £50 extra in his weekly pay packet. He felt ashamed that he had not reported the mistake. ___
6. A group of employees liked to go for coffee together. The boss divided them into two groups and made them go at different times. The employees were unhappy about the ruling. ___
7. An employee who felt he could not work harmoniously with others wanted to take a human relations course. The course required him to leave work 15 minutes early once a week and he offered to make up the loss by coming in early on those days. The supervisor denied this request, thereby causing the employee a setback in his personal planning. ___
8. A store manager set a goal of a 15% sales increase in the next 6 months. She failed to attain her goal, but she did increase sales by 5%. She was keenly disappointed. ___
9. A salesman is worried because he has experienced a substantial drop in sales for no apparent reason. ___
10. A manager resented having to cancel, at the last minute, elaborate plans for a camping trip with his family. ___

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