Class 1 (Chief Engineer) Engineering Management 📅 Apr 2022

Exam Question

Explain Abraham Maslow's Theory of Motivation. As Chief Engineer on board, stress the issues you will address for lack of motivation, differences in attitude and to increase sense of competitiveness for better management and effective control?

Reference Answer

### **Part 1: Abraham Maslow's Theory of Motivation**
Abraham Maslow's Theory of Motivation, also known as the Hierarchy of Needs, is a psychological framework proposed in 1943. It suggests that human beings are motivated by a series of needs arranged in a hierarchy of prepotency. The fundamental principle is that lower-level needs must be substantially satisfied before higher-level needs become the primary motivators for an individual's behaviour. This hierarchy is often visualized as a five-level pyramid.
**The Five Levels of the Hierarchy of Needs:**
1. **Physiological Needs (Base of the Pyramid):**

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