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Maslow's hierarchy of needs outlines a five-level structure of human needs, starting from basic physiological needs to higher-level psychological needs. As individuals satisfy lower-level needs, they seek to fulfill higher ones, emphasizing the interdependence of needs. This theory, proposed in 1943, highlights the importance of addressing basic needs in organizational settings to motivate employees effectively.

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Draft Motivational Thoeries

Maslow's hierarchy of needs outlines a five-level structure of human needs, starting from basic physiological needs to higher-level psychological needs. As individuals satisfy lower-level needs, they seek to fulfill higher ones, emphasizing the interdependence of needs. This theory, proposed in 1943, highlights the importance of addressing basic needs in organizational settings to motivate employees effectively.

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Maslow

The most basic level is called physiological needs such as breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, or excretion.
These are basic survival needs. The second level is

Needs have a certain priority. As the basic needs are satisfied, an individual seeks to satisfy the higher
needs. If the basic needs are not met, efforts to meet the higher needs are postponed. Various need
levels are interdependent and overplapping. One need does not disappear when the other needs
appear.

Make people feel that they belong to the group

Understanding the needs hierarchy, leaders need to respect these human needs and ensure the basics in
order that employees could aim to.

Positive implications

People tend to be more and more demanding over time/ reach satisfaction of one need, there comes
another - development, driven / compelled to fulfil their needs. Holistic approach to motivation. 
provide an orderly approach to solve personal problems to achieve the goals.

People want to move their levels all the time, compelled to work the way up to the next level

Shows how what motivates people is constantly changing

Start at the bottom of the hierarchy and work your way up

In reality, we don’t focus on meeting one need at a time.

Fails to meet the bottom needs  no way to level up? E.g. people living

Doesn’t match the hierarchy, skip over needs, manage to achieve love , self esteem even they don’t have
security

This is one of the very first and foremost theory of motivation, proposed by Abraham Maslow in 1943.
His needs model seems to be the most well-known and popular model on needs in many areas. He
classified needs into a five-level structure, in which he arranges the orders of low-order human needs to
the highest. These levels offer several positive insights with regard to the organizational context.

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