Maslow's Theory On Organizational Behavior

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Theories sections According George & Jones (2005) organizational behavior is the study that may impact the human and group behavior on many factors to help the management understanding of key concepts on predict and influence in order to improve the employee performance on difference. Being any change of the organizations mission or structure will also affect its organizational behavior. Identify and understanding different culture, age, sex is particularly important to management how its play a part in the workplace. Setting an effective communicate channel to deal with difference kind of questions is also imperative. The word “motivation” is came from Latin “movere” and defined that a reason that giving someone to do something. …show more content…

Belongingness needs;
4. Esteem needs; and
5. Self-actualization needs Nowadays, the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is often present with a pyramid, the more basic needs at the bottom. Maslow argued that an effective motivation is accomplished by satisfying lower level of need to raising up to a higher hierarchy. Individual growth is an intrinsic motivation, when one of the above needs becomes satisfied, the next need can be turned. Physiological needs are most basic needs for human survival like air, water, food and it is the most important need for human being should be met first otherwise the human being will not function and die afterwards. Safety needs including personal safety, stability and freedom from suffering life threatening or disease, with family and have their own property. If they feel threatened around, they will think everything is dangerous, and become tense, uneasy. For example: A worker does not work well and earn meager salary to feed their families and become self-esteem, daily use of alcohol, smoking, looking for short-term sense of …show more content…

Even this theory is based on Maslow’s hierarchy of need but very different approval. Hertzberg divides the needs in hygiene factors and motivators. Quality of supervision, salary, company policies, job security and interpersonal relations which are conditions surrounding the job will consider at hygiene factors. However it only help to avoid or change employee dissatisfaction. For example, even the administration is good and fair or very poor, working location, working time, salary increment will only changes the level of dissatisfaction of the employee

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