Maslow Hierarchy of Needstheory

Maslow Hierarchy of Needs Theory is broken down into five levels of needs which talks about the external environmental and internal unconscious forces of humans. These factors have expectations of meeting human’s physical and emotional needs. Maslow developed a Hierarchy of needs which are self-actualization, self- esteem, love and belonging, safety-security, and physiological-hunger/thirst (Borkowski, 2005). These basic needs on the hierarchy can be motivated to be addressed at a higher level of the hierarchy. Basic needs are physiological, which can be air, food, and water (Borkowski, 2005). This need has to be met in order for a person to meet the need of safety-security; this also is at a low level. This need can be identified as job security and a benefits package for an organization. Yet, if there is a probationary period for new employees, this need will not get met right away from the employer. A way to arrest this need is to provide new provide employees with limited benefits during the probationary period. Love and belonging is level three of the Maslow Hierarchy of Needs. Humans have a drive to feel needed and loved. (Borkowski, 2005) Within an organization, employees want to feel the sense of belonging. They want feel like they are a part of something. Approval maybe to searched for through people in upper management. Team work is a way to bring people together where they can gain a sense of belonging. In an aggressive organization this can be arrested with supervisors working with employees. Self-actualization and self-esteem is the last levels of the Hierarchy. Employees need to be confidence in themselves as well as their work ethic. Employee appreciation and recognition can be promoted by management to build up self-esteem.

Alderfer’s hierarchy refers to three categories of need which are existence, relatedness, and growth (Borkowski, 2005) The basic concern and physical existence of food, water, income, and work environment is referred to...