What Is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a pyramid that explains what motivates people. Maslow used the terms Physiological, Safety, Love/ Belonging, Esteem & Self-Actualisation; it explains what people go through when they feel motivated.
Physiological
As An employee, it is important that you have a balanced health, such as breathing well, eating the right food and sleeping. As an employee, without doing these things, your body will not function properly, causing you not to work as hard as normal. E.g. Not enough food, sleep, etc…
Safety
As an employee, you should ensure that he/she’s safety is always active. This helps the employee to know that they’re secure around the area. Putting things in place like rules and regulations can prevent things such as physical and verbal abuse.
Love/Belonging
Love and belongings are very important towards an employee because if they feel loved and have a better environment where they work, they’re more likely to perform better and produce more work at higher standards, unlike if they’re working in an unstable environment, they’ll be less likely to produce a high standard work.
Esteem
Esteem is also important as an employee because if they have a good self-esteem, they’ll be able to feel comfortable when it comes to working, allowing them to set objectives and be more independent towards work.

Recognition
As an employee, recognition is very important because employees would like to be known for their effort that they put into work within the environment. This shows the employee what they can do and what they can’t do. This builds friendship within the business because it allows other employees to recognise your achievements and effort.
Achievement
This links with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs because for an employee, when they achieve something, they feel more motivated allowing them to be able to achieve more.
Advancement
This links with Maslow’s Hierarchy because it allows the employee is notice how much potential he/she has and it also gives the employee a lot more motivation, dedication and confident to succeed within the business.
Growth
Growth allows the employee to learn new skills with a better chance of advancement within the business organisation. This helps the employee to gain self-esteem and to become a lot more confident.
Responsibility
As an employee, responsibility gives him/her authority over their own job as well as having the responsibility to work with other colleagues. This allows the employee to be more independent in he/she’s work and a lot more confident.
Work Itself
As an employee, it is important that the job him/her works at is at least interesting, not boring because it changes the mood of the employee. This will affect the employee by not being motivated and determined to succeed.

Forming
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