Management

Maslow’s and Herzberg’s Hierarchy

In Maslow’s Hierarchy, motivation theory proposed that motivation is based on various of human needs which argues that while people aim to meet basic needs, they seek to meet successively higher needs in the form of a hierarchy, and there are five levels which tells each meanings like Self-actualization (morality, creativity, problem solving, etc), esteem ( confidence, self-esteem, achievement, respect, etc), Belongingness (love, friendship, intimacy, family, etc), Safety (security of environment, employment, resources, health, property, etc), and Physiological ( air, food, water, sex, sleep, other factors towards homeostasis, etc). The first four levels are considered deficiency or deprivation needs because they lack of satisfaction causes a deficiency that motivates people to meet these needs and the last one is the lowest because most people need those to satisfied so they become predominant when unmet.

In Herzberg’s Hierarchy, he divided the factors in two categories: Hygiene and Motivational. But Motivation still more important so there are also the same levels because Herzberg was responsible for applying Maslow’s Hierarchy to management and business. His theory tells various of human needs in business, and think that hygiene/maintenance factors and motivators are the reasons make people feel happy or unhappy during work. However, these two theories are based on people’s needs as first element. He concluded that such factors as company policy, supervision, interpersonal relations, working conditions, and salary are hygiene factors rather than motivators. He determined from the data the motivator were elements that to the tasks enriched a person’s job; satisfiers describe a person’s relationship with what she or he does, many related to the tasks being performed. Dissatisfiers, on the other hand, have to do with a person’s relationship to the context or environment in which he/she performs the job. In Herzberg’s five...