Maslow Human Motivation

The reading “A Theory of Human Motivation” written by Abraham H. Maslow analyses the human needs and motivations by categorizing the needs by hierarchical importance of the physiological, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization needs. The author stated that some of the needs are more important than others but interdependency among them are indispensable. Maslow argued, “Any motivated behavior, either preparatory or consummatory, must be understood to be a channel through which many basic needs may be simultaneously expressed or satisfied” (p. 142). The first basic need is the physiological need which concentrates in the importance of maintaining the body with nutriment, in order to maintain all other needs fully equipped to balance the

How does the reading define organization?

The reading defines organization by asserting the importance of achieving human motivation by using the hierarchy of needs. If an individual fully satisfy their basic needs and achieve self-actualization then he or she is ready to effectively use their capacities and used them as motivators. Maslow argued, “People who have been satisfied in their basic needs throughout their lives, particularly in their earlier years, seem to develop exceptional power to withstand present or future thwarting of these needs simply because they have strong, healthy character structure as a result of basic satisfaction” (p.148).

What dictates behavior in an organization according to the reading, the organization or the individual?

What dictates the behavior in an organization is the individual capacity to satisfy their basic needs to increase their human motivation to perform to their fullest. As argued by Maslow, individuals who feels, loved, protected, self-actualized, has a high sense of self0esteem and its physiological needs are satisfied then he or she is able to increase its capacity to complete the required to increase intellectual learning, and use tools to apply the skills into the work

Many workers express self-indicators of their lack of needs, then the role of the manager would be to observe the behaviors to better determine the degree of motivation, capacities, and skills for the effectivity functioning of the organization. More importantly, a manager should be able to impose methods of protection to its workers. Maslow argued, “…for instance, the common preference for a job with tenure and protection, the desire for savings account, and for insurance of various kinds (medical, dental, unemployment, disability, old age)”