Question

1. Based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, to help meet an employee's need for _______, managers could consider offering challenging tasks and giving employees the freedom to try new ideas.

		self-actualization
		belonging
		physiology
		safety
		power

2.

At Space Solutions, Ltd., William works on valence by

		informing his employees that they are expected to work overtime.
		making sure his employees will value the opportunity of working with less supervision.
		reducing the number of employees to increase the profit margin.
		deciding that a five percent raise for all employees is fair. 3. In which of the following situations do you think it would be most challenging for a manager to measure employee outputs or behavior? Graphic designers at a media company are designing logo prototypes. Workers in a clothing factory are doing hand-stitching on dresses. A clerk at a convenience store is recording inventory for the past month. The sales team at a real estate company is cold-calling prospective clients. 4. Which of the following explains Hackman and Oldham's theory of how the job characteristics model affects three critical psychological states? The more employees feel that they are being used efficiently by the company, the more their expectation of better compensation and higher position increases. The more employees are given work responsibility, the more frustrated they become because they know that they will never get additional remuneration for it. The more employees feel that they are responsible for work outcomes and how it affects their positions in the company, the less motivating their work becomes. The more employees feel that they are responsible for work outcomes and for knowing how those outcomes affect others, the more motivating their work becomes.

Answer 1

Ans 1) Self-actualization

Self-actualization needs come in the form of achieving one's potential, it may relate to one's personal growth from their creative ideas and utilizing their potential to the fullest so that they become what they wanted to be and so managers should provide the employees with challenging tasks and should give freedom to their employees to try out their creative ideas in doing their work so that this need is fulfilled.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory comprises five human needs which are Psychological needs, Safety needs, Social needs, Self-esteem needs, and Self-actualization needs and based upon the need of one particular employee, the manager motivates them to do their work by fulfilling their needs.

The Psychological needs are the basic needs of a human, like food, clothing, shelter and therefore a manager should see that their employees get these basic needs. The safety needs are in the form of how a human being wants security in their life and it may be financial security, health security, job security, and protection from any kind of danger and a manager should see these needs by giving them safety in their work, giving them adequate amount in the form of salary so that they are financially secure. The social needs may be in the form of belonging, love from friends and family so that they do not feel alone and this need can be fulfilled by forming a good bond with employees and involving them in group work so that they do not feel alone. Self-esteem needs may be in the form of a person wanting recognition for their work in front of everyone, their status in the society, getting respect from everyone and for this, a manager could give awards and certificates for the achievement to their employees so that they feel good among themselves.