Ar. Murad B. Tuttuh, UAP Human Behavior in Organizations Output 2 1. What is the significance of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

The significance of the theory in the context of the human resource management is what managers found challenging. Employees and employer relationship has been almost like a mouse-and-cat thing, being mouse as the employees. Delicate approach has to be undertaken to address these concern, thus more managers sees the wisdom of employing the Maslow's Theory. The application of Maslow's Theory in almost all aspect of fields of discipline has been adapted and has generated positive impacts for parties concerned. The application of such will somehow give the managers or in my case as an Architect and Urban Planner, projections on how the urban plan and design will works for a specific or subject community or certain class or type of family. Vast field of studies managed to adapt the use of this theory in support of their research for a more higher probability. Significance of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in Management Should Maslow's theory holds, the theory is deemed important in the aspect of human resource development and management. There are opportunities to motivate employees through management style, job design, company events, and compensation packages, some examples of which follow: Physiological needs: Provide regular lunch breaks, ample rest breaks, and living wages that are sufficient to purchase the essentials of life. Safety Needs: Provide a safe and comfortable working environment, annual salary increase, overtime pay, retirement benefits, medical insurance, job and social security. Social Needs: Create a sense of community via team-based projects, social and sports events or office-sponsored family day, organization of employees' association. Esteem Needs: Recognize achievements to make employees feel appreciated and valued. Offer job titles that convey the importance of the position. Give citations and gifts to teams and individuals in recognition of their 'good practice' schemes and management type. Self-Actualization: Provide employees a challenge and the opportunity to reach their full career potential. Make a 'future room' for his/her involvement, intelligence and dedication in the organization. However, not all people are driven by the same needs - at any time different people may be motivated by entirely different factors. It is important to

understand the needs being pursued by each employee. To motivate an employee, the manager must be able to recognize the needs level at which the employee is operating, and use those needs as levers of motivation. Limitations of Maslow's Hierarchy While Maslow's hierarchy makes sense from an intuitive standpoint, there is little evidence to support its hierarchical aspect. In fact, there is evidence that contradicts the order of needs specified by the model. For example, some cultures appear to place social needs before any others. Maslow's hierarchy also has difficulty explaining cases such as the "starving artist" in which a person neglects lower needs in pursuit of higher ones. Finally, there is little evidence to suggest that people are motivated to satisfy only one need level at a time, except in situations where there is a conflict between needs. The local term 'Kapit sa patalim' i.e. getting into prostitution or robbery has been abused as a way to keep up with the lower basics of Maslow's Theory. These ills of society has its own specific hierarchies as well, Take high-class prostitution in the likes of the infamous Brunie beauties and Escort services by starlets. 'Street snatchers' and Bank-robbers differs a lot in relation to the Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. Even though Maslow's hierarchy lacks scientific support, it is quite well-known and is the first theory of motivation to which many people they are exposed. To address some of the issues of Maslow's theory, Clayton Alderfer developed the ERG theory, a needs-based model that is more consistent with empirical findings. 2. Which of the motives or drives is a social motive as well as a physiological one, but not a survival motive? For the survival of the human race, sex drive then may be considered as a survival motive, but with the advent of technological breakthroughs in reproductive medicine and in embryology everything has been relatively possible in cause the fertilization of an embryo outside of the woman's ovary. There has been some ethical as well as religious issues concerning this science, thus unacceptable in some quarters. These two motives are almost a tandem, Physiologically and socially as a motive, sex drive plays a very important aspect of societal acceptance of every individual whatever group they belong. This is also considered to be an expression of ones' love and affection, but oftentimes mistaken as opportunistic, riotous sex acts also known as incest or taboo.