2B - Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Question 1

Motivation

Answer 1

is the willingness of an individual to expend energy and effort in completing a task.

Question 2

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 2

is a motivational theory that suggests people have five fundamental needs, and their sequential attainment of each need acts as a source of motivation.

Question 3

Physiological needs

Answer 3

satisfy the physiological needs of their employees by paying them a living wage.

Question 4

Safety and security needs

Answer 4

• job security
• OH and S
• personal protective equipment (PPE)

Question 5

Social needs

Answer 5

• encourage team based work
• celebrating employees birthdays
• organising collaborative events

Question 6

Esteem needs

Answer 6

• achieving promotions
• prestigious job titles
• financial bonuses
• monetary rewards
• promoting them to a higher position

Question 7

Self - actualisation needs

Answer 7

• intrinsic motivation
• challenging work
• opportunities for skill and knowledge development
• express their creativity

Question 8

Advantages

Answer 8

• gives the manager a clear structure that they can build into the business, so that all employees can experience motivation and progress at their own pace to their own potential
• once established, hopefully ‘set and forget’

Question 9

Disadvantages

Answer 9

• it assumes all employees are motivated by the same things in the same priority order
• it assumes that there is nothing else that may motivate employees