Abraham Maslow’S Hierarchy Of Needs
Introduction
The term motivation is derived from the Latin word movere, meaning "to move." Motivation is the push of the mental forces to accomplish an action or goal willingly without being forced or told to do so. It is an unsatisfied need that drives human behavior to exert effort to reach the goals. For example we study because we are lack of knowledge; we work because we are lack of money. We will in turn be motivated by what we are lack of.
Motivation techniques in the past were very different from today. Many people are questioning on whether the motivation techniques of yesterday are still useful today. With a stable economy, high standard of living, and a low unemployment rate, it may seem that there are not many things that can motivate employees today. However, greediness is part of human nature. People always want more and never seem satisfied with what they have.
Nelson (1996) states that most motivational techniques are essentially the same as in previous......
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