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Styles of management and their relevance to the business world - Abraham Harold Maslow - Hierarchy of needs  

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Styles of management and their relevance to the business world Abraham Harold Maslow - Hierarchy of needs Abraham Maslow developed a theory of personality that has influenced a number of different fields, including business. This wide influence is due in part to the high level of practicality of Maslow's theory. This theory accurately describes many realities of personal experiences. Many people find they can understand what Maslow says. They can recognize some features of their experience or behaviour which is true and identifiable but which they have never put into words. Maslow has proposed that human motivation can be understood as resulting from a hierarchy of needs. These needs, starting with the most basic physiological demands, progress upward through safety needs, belonging needs, and esteem needs and culminate in self-actualization. Each level directs behaviour toward the need level that is not being adequately met. As lower-level needs are met, the motivation to meet...

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