Maslow‘s Hierarchy of Needs, Motivation in the workplace

Summary / abstract

Maslow's Hierarchy of needs is a brodly accepted model and theory for understanding what motivates people and what fundamental needs all people have. This article will explain Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, and how it relates to motivation of employees in a project, program, or portfolio. Here it will be gone through how it can improve output and quality of the work an employee does, and their commitment to the cause (for example the desired socio-economic benefits of an infrastructure project). The application of the model and theory will be gone through followed by it's limitations, and a discussion of it's pros and cons will be carried out based on the knowledge presented in the preceding chapters. This should then give a better understanding of how a manager, whether the manager manages portfolios, programs, or projects, can improve the team's efforts and results by giving the proper motivation and covering the fundamental needs of the employee.

Content

• Big idea - what is Maslow's hierarchical needs model and theory? - Short walk through of the model and fundamental understanding of the theory - How does it relate to projects programs and portfolios - Motivational theory relating Maslow's hierarchical needs in the context of a workplace

• Application - how is it used? - when is it used?

• Limitations - how can it not be used? - when is it not used?

• Discuss - what are the benefits of this application? - what are the consequences of this application? - how can the consequences be mitigated?

• Annotated bibliography