An individual's inclination and predisposition to learn undoubtedly has an interrelated to Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Conferring to the Maslow's hierarchy, the lower needs in the pyramid ought to be meet first before the higher ones are considered. Afore learning is given precedence, the biological and physiological needs that include but not limited to food and shelter ought to have been met. They are important because they will be the biggest motivators for an individual to concentrate and learn (Rice, 2006). Similarly, the learning process will be hindered largely if the safety needs that are represented above the physiological needs in the pyramid will not have been handled. Worth mentioning herein is that security environment for learning is not limited to the physical constraints only, but also emotional as well as psychological aspects (O'Connor, Bronner, & Delaney, 2007). Belongingness and love necessities denote an additional step in the hierarchy that ought to be secured for an effective learning process to take place at the level of the need to know and understand.
Bestowing to Miller, Stoeckel, & Babcock, (2011), it can be deduced that even the staff are not an exception in the exceeding aspect. Before a staff becomes eager to learn his/her duties, the sense of love and belongingness in the workplace must be secured equal to safety and physiological aspects as expounded herein. Hence, staff's readiness to learn will without a doubt, be affected by the Maslow's hierarchy of needs a fact that is supported by the notion that they are goal and relevance oriented rather than subject-oriented. As a result, staff will be more industrious and resourceful if a safe working environment is presented and is treated in a loving and caring manner within the organization (Miller, Stoeckel, & Babcock, 2011).
References
Miller, M. A., Stoeckel, P. R., & Babcock, D. E. (2011). Client education: Theory and practice. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
O'Connor, B. N., Bronner, M., & Delaney, C. (2007). Learning at work: How to support individual and organizational learning. Amherst, Mass: HRD Press.
Rice, R. (2006). Home care nursing practice: Concepts and application. St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier.
