Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow developed the Hierarchy of needs to help understand personal development and human motivation. Maslow’s theory can be used by employers and managers when seeking to provide a motivating working environment that promotes personal and organizational development. Basically, the theory helps employees attain self actualization in an organization. The original model had five stages forming the pyramid of needs. Self actualization was the highest need. However, in the model has been modified by philosophers to include two and in other models three extra needs. The extra needs in the Maslow hierarchy are split from the original self actualization ...