Erg Theory And Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs

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Job design dates from the 1900’s with Fredrick Taylor who is known as the father of Scientific Management. In 1909, Taylor published "The Principles of Scientific Management." In this, he proposed that by and simplifying jobs, productivity would increase (Grachev and Rakitsky, 2013). Taylor’s theory focused on efficiency, productivity and profitability of the industry; he did not consider the human factor. (Akrani, 2011) assumed that Taylor considered workers as robots, which could speed up the work at any cost and that Taylor assumed that workers are motivated only by financial gains. However, in reality, (Akrani, 2011) related that workers are motivated not by financial incentives but also by social needs and personal egos. Fredrick Hertzberg’s Motivation Hygiene Theory set out to uncover the psychological needs of employees to improve their job satisfaction. (McCubbrey, 2016) expounded that the theory encourages employers to design jobs that improve and motivate employees beyond simply meeting a daily or weekly quota. Also, (McCubbrey, 2016) stated the theory highlights the importance of reward and oversees how and when employees are rewarded. …show more content…

Alderfer ERG Theory posited that individuals become frustrated if they fail to fulfil a need and move on to the other. ERG theory does not rank needs in any particular order and explicitly recognizes that more than one need may operate at a given time (Carpenter et al, 2010). Douglas McClelland 's Acquired Needs Theory is the one that has received the greatest amount of support. McClelland’s Needs Theory emphasized that individuals acquire three types of needs as a result of their life experiences which are need for achievement, need for affiliation, and need for power. Managers and executives usually have a stronger need for achievement than people in other

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