Needs and motivation:

Needs and motivation:				low but I had to do the job for us to survive,
Introduction:				with the job I was now able to meet my
In our day to day life we have needs that we are				physiological and safety needs but my social
required to meet, some of these needs include				emotional needs still remained partially met, I had
food, shelter and security, I base my discussion				friends and relatives who helped me meet part of
on the theory of motivation that was initiated by				these needs but still the need to have a family
Abraham Maslow. This theory will help narrate my				were high.
life and the actions I take to fulfill these needs.
Motivations theory:				Years after I have now fulfilled this need, this is
This theory was developed by Maslow and it is an				evident with my second marriage to loving
attempt to explain the hierarchy of needs of an				husband, we are now a family and I am now
individual, according to this theory motivation				moving on to the next need, we now have a son
develops in a sequence of hierarchy of needs and				which has made our family complete despite the
this means that one will fulfill lower need and then				doctors stating that we could not have a child, life
progress to the other higher needs, an example is				is hard but I know I will finally meet my esteem
in the case where an individual will want to buy a				needs, esteem needs such as recognition, status
house or car, in this case the individual must have				and self confidence.
first met the other basic needs such as clothing				I am planning on achieving the remaining needs
and food. This theory states that there are four				through education, I want to achieve a bachelor's
hierarchy needs and they include physiological,				degree in accounting and auditing, this will be my
safety, social emotional needs, esteem needs and				tool in satisfying my self actualization need, and I
self actualization needs.				hope I will not have to move back to lower
Physiological needs are those needs for survival				needs in the future.
and they include food and other basic needs, in				Movement up and down the hierarchy of needs is
my life I have managed to meet these needs,				evident in my life, losing my first love shows a
when I was born these needs were met by				movement from the already satisfied social
parents but because now I have my own family I				emotional needs to lower needs that include the
have to work in order to meet my physiological				safety and physiological needs, my experience has
needs and also those of my children, every day I				made me to be more careful in life, I have made
spend a substantial amount of my income to buy				up my mind to achieve the higher needs.
food stuffs and I always buy clothing for my				The work place:
children frequently and This is an attempt to				I have worked in my current company for 8
meet my needs and those of my children.				years, work is an important part of ones life, the
In order to meet these need one has to have a				organization has changed over time for the better
paying job, at first I dropped out of college and				and every change is aimed at optimizing on the
become a home mother, I become pregnant				advantages at hand. The bureaucratic organization
while in my second year in college, after giving				of the company enables it to function effectively
birth to my lovely daughter my then husband left				through utilization of division of labor advantages
me, this led to have many needs such as social				increasing productivity, for example all my time in
emotional comfort needs and also physiological				the company ia have been an assistant
needs, however the first priority of these need				accountant while other perform other activities in
was the physiological needs such as food and				the organization.
housing, luckily I acquired a job and was able to				However I have come to realize that
meet these needs.				bureaucracies can be failure because they are
The second in hierarchy is the safety needs,				characterized by ritualism, protecting the inept and
these need include need for security, stability and				making waste. The reasons why I state this is
order in the system, after my husband left I felt				because I have worked for 8 years and I have
insecure and very unstable, I met these needs by				seen changes in the organization which is far
acquiring a job, in my childhood my parents				beyond my control, the organization controls me
provided this need, my father was the one to				and I have no control over it, the same case
walk out of the door at if any suspicious event				happens in the society where the society is far
occurred at night, today I provide these needs to				beyond the control of the individual, according to
my children by protecting them from danger.				Weber the modern world is a juggernaut meaning
The third in the hierarchy is the social emotional				a large machine that threatens to run out of
needs, these needs include need to find love, the				control and crashes those who resist.
need to have friends and a family, my parents				I have experienced the changes in the society
provided these needs when I was a little child,				from a traditional form into a more modernized
however as I grew up I needed to further these				world, the modern world is full of risks and
needs by making friends at school and also having				therefore the modern world is characterized by
a boyfriend. There was also a need to have a				more risks, it has been a change in society where
family and for this reason I have accepted to				every institution and individual must adjust, those
have one, I have now fulfilled all the above				who resist to change are crashed and this is the
mentioned needs and therefore moving up to				reason the company I work with has to change
higher needs.				failure to which it will close down.
The next need is the esteem need, these needs				Bureaucracies are characterized by ritualism, there
can be referred to as the ego needs, this is the				are rules and work is done according to the set
need to feel competent, this is a need to achieve				roles, people in the organization over the years
and be recognized and also have dignity, I have				have become obsessed to procedure and now
not fully achieved this need and this is the reason				have lost reasons for these rules, this has made
I want to join the accounting college to be a				peole to become less creative and effective.
graduate and this will help me achieve more in my				Another characteristic is protection of the inept,
life.				according to Weber this happens where
The final need is the self actualization need, this is				promotions are carried out until the point where
the need to direct ones life and the need to				the individual is less competietn and therefore the
achieve full potential, I have not yet achieved this				organization is ful of incompetent workers, for
and I am working to achieve through education				example when an efficient competent worker is
and also realization of my dreams.				promoted to a manager he may not be in a
This theory however can be summarized in the				position to play this role better than when he or
following chart:				she was a worker.
The above diagram shows Maslow theory of				The final characteristic is whereby people in an
hierarchy of needs, we move from lower needs				organization make waste, workers will tend to fill
to higher needs, this means that we first demand				the time space assigned to them by taking more
physiological needs such as the need to survive				time to complete a task, this way a worker will
such as food, we then move to higher needs				turn more incompetent, example at my
which are the needs up the ladder, this ladder is				workplace people take more time to complete
similar to the social stratification theory, this				their duties fearing that they may loose their job
theory states that people will move up the ladder,				if someone found them idle during working hours,
in the stratification theory the rich are few while				for this reason therefore they will take more time
the poor are the majority. There are only a				to complete a certain tasks as a way of
number of factors that can make you moving up				protecting their job.
the ladder and this include education, inheritance,				The organization I work with has undertaken
marriage, chance or luck and promotions at the				adaptive models and selective models of change,
work place. We can also move down the social				the adaptive model states that an organization will
stratification ladder, this is possible through illness				choose strategies that will help become more
or deviance behaviors among other factors.				competitive, I have therefore experienced
This social stratification ladder also signify a				changes over the years where some are
capitalist society which Marx was against, Marx				beneficial to the company while others have
was not happy about the inequalities in the society				negatively affected the work environment.
and for this reason wrote articles against the				Status:
capitalist society, however it is better to have a				I classify myself as a middle income earner, my
capitalist form of society compared to the caste				parents were also middle income earners, at this
system practiced by the Indians, in this form of				level I feel that my children should be high income
society social inequality is by birth and if you are				earners and to ensure the realization of this
born a servant you will remain in the same class				dream my daughter attends the best school in
the rest of your life, lucky for me I was born in a				my area, I also have plans for my son who will
capitalist society where I have worked my way				also attend the same school.
up the ladder through hard work and education.				Movement up and down the social ladder is
My life				determined by various factors, example marriage,
I was born in 1973 by a middle class family in				inheritance, education and chance as earlier
Ukraine, I grew up in Kiev attending learning the				discussed, education is an important tool to the
culture of our community, as a child I always				realization of ones dreams, if I did not attend
wanted to learn more from the adults especially				school or even a college I would not be in the
my mother who spent all her time with me until it				present job that has given me the current status,
was time for me to go to school, a new born				if I successfully complete the bachelors degree I
child in Ukraine must learn from the adults				am sure I will get a promotion in the company
especially the language of the community and also				and this will also be accompanied by an increment
the way things are done.				in salry, this is easily enable me to realize my
All that mattered in my early life as a child was to				dreams and higher needs.
meet the physiological, safety and social emotional				Marriage:
needs, the physiological needs such as food,				Marriage has not made me to change status but
clothing and shelter were provided by parents,				has made me fulfill my social emotional needs, it
however the social emotional needs were met by				may aid me however to climb up the social ladder
my parents and close relatives.				through financial support from my husband. My
Reaching the age of 5 years I was admitted to a				greatest strategy however at this point is to
school near my home, at this point all my needs				create an enabling environment for my children.
were met by my parents but my physiological				Marriage is part of human way of life, in the past
needs extended and there was a need to have				there were was marriage that was a sign of love
friends at school, I made many friends who at				and change in ones status, a family is also a unit
the time were mostly my class mates. However				of the society where if there were were no
this changed at the age of 16 years, at this age I				families then the society would in future not exist.
felt the need to have a boyfriend, and this was a				The family also allows population growth and at
physiological need that my parents at the time				the same time an increase in resources in the
were against because I was still in school.				economy and also in a family, I have been
Attending school was an indication of my				successful in this where I have raised two lovely
movement in the social ladder, education is one of				children in my marriage.
the factors that help individuals move up the social				Religion:
stratification ladder but at this time I did not				I have been a Christian all my life and God fearing,
realize the stratification in my society. Also in my				I also tech my children to be Christians, however
country at this time was experiencing political				according to the various theories by scholars
stability and everyone experienced insecurity, the				religion has been heavily criticized, some state that
need for security of each citizen was not properly				religion is just a form of escapism from reality
met by the existing government.				where people will only turn to religion to explain
Luckily we migrated to the US where the political				what they cannot explain, Karl Marx stated that
environment was at the time stable, our migration				religion is a means used by capitalist to justify
was not only because of the existing political				their position and nature of society, religion is acts
instability in the country but also to get an				to sooth the wounds inflicted by the capitalist,
opportunity in the US to realize our dreams and				however religion has been part of my life and I
meet other needs. I joined a community college in				plan to get married in church and hope to raise
the United States and having left all my friends				God fearing children.
back in my home country I needed to meet				Future:
my social emotional need by having more friends,				The future is very uncertain but I always make
this is where				plans for the future, I plan to complete my
I met the man I thought was my better half, I				studies and acquire a high paying job, I also hope
got married and some months later I was				that my marriage will have a better ending and
pregnant with my daughter Gabriella. At this time				also raise healthy and wealthy children. I also wish
my entire social emotional needs to have a family				that I will retire working fully satisfied with how I
had been fulfilled and I become a home mother				have lived my life.
spending most my time with my new born, all				Conclusion:
that was left at this time were the esteem and				The need theory by Abraham Maslow helps
actualization need in life.				define my life and the life others, we will always
Some months passed and the worst happened, I				strive to met higher needs after satisfying the
realized I had lost nearly everything in life apart				lower needs, I plan to fulfill my needs after
from my daughter, I had no job and my husband				successful completion of my accounting degree,
had left, I realized that my needs and that of my				the existing theories of human development is an
daughter were now my burden, having realized				attempt to explain the various stages people
this I knew I had to do something quick.				have to pass through.
I acquired a job that enabled me to meet the my				References:
needs and those of my daughter, the pay was				Blumer H.

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