de food and hunger. It is only after these needs have been meet that they will move up to needs such as self-esteem and self-realization. One of the reported problems quite early was the supposed rigid ness of the hierarchy. Research conducted afterwards indicated that people did not satisfy their needs in the systematic method, which Maslow designed.Alderfer later developed Maslow’s work. Who after further study devised his ERG theory of motivation. Instead of a hierarchy Alderfer suggested a continuum with three sets of needs instead of five.ExistenceRelatednessGrowth Growth responds to the higher needs indicated on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Existence to the lower needs and Relatedness to social needs. Much of the critic problems with Maslow’s Hierarchy were its rigid ness so Alderfer allowed for two sets of needs to be dealt with at the same time.(The Hawthorne Experiments)Elton MayoThe Studies“The Hawthorne Studies (or experiments) were conducted from 1927 to 1932 at the Western Electric Hawthorne Works in Chicago, where Harvard Business School professor Elton Mayo examined productivity and work conditions.The studies grew out of preliminary experiments at the plant from 1924 to 1927 on the effect of light on productivity. Those experiments showed no clear connection between productivity and the amount of illumination but researchers began to wonder what kind of changes would influence output”.It was in the 1930’s when Elton Mayo studied the results of experiments involving exposing women to different conditions to see how their motivation was effected. The results, which he found, were astonishing. One set of women was given more breaks and flexible working hours, the output rose dramatically. Then the breaks were taken away and rigid hours were reinstalled the effect was that out rose dramatically again.After studying the results and talking to the women Elton Mayo concluded that the women we...
