Maslow on Management

by Maslow, Abraham H.

• ISBN13: 9780471247807
• ISBN10: 0471247804
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-14
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Dr. Abraham Maslow is one of the most widely-known and renowned experts on human behavior and motivation. He is probably most famous for his perspective on the "hierarchy of needs" a theory of behavior which states that people will strive to fulfill progressively higher levels of need. This book, which is a revision of a previous book entitled Euspychian Management, applies Maslow's seminal concepts of human behavior to today's workplace and marketplace. This book offers new generations of managers insights into Maslow's influential theories which have emerged in current business approaches such as continuous improvement, enlightened management, Theory X, and empowerment.

Author Biography

The late ABRAHAM H. MASLOW is the most widely renowned expert on human behavior and motivation. His books are acknowledged as standards in the psychology literature worldwide. DEBORAH C. STEPHENS, cofounder, The Center for Innovative Leadership, is an author, educator, and management consultant in the areas of customer service, leadership, and organizational development. She is coauthor of One Size Fits One: Building Relationships One Customer and One Employee at a Time and Executive Producer of "Leadership Lessons From the Fast Lane," a monthly Internet broadcast which highlights leaders from organizations and institutions worldwide. GARY HEIL is an educator, business consultant, and expert on leadership, service quality, and change management. Founder of the Center for Innovative Leadership, Hell is a highly regarded speaker and frequent commentator on American and Australian radio and television. In addition, Hell has served on the Board of Examiners for The Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award and is coauthor of Leadership and the Customer Revolution and One Size Fits One: Building Relationships One Customer and One Employee at a Time.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the New Edition	vii	(8)
Introduction	xv	(4)
Abraham Maslow: The Man and His Work	xix	(2)
Preface to the First Edition	xxi
The Attitude of Self-Actualizing People to Duty, Work, Mission	1	(4)
Additional Notes on Self-Actualization, Work, Duty, Mission	5	(12)
Self-Actualized Duty	17	(1)
Different Management Principles at Different Levels in the Hierarchy	18	(2)
Enlightened Economics and Management	20	(23)
The Neglect of Individual Differences in Management Policy	43	(2)
The Balance of the Forces toward Growth and Regression	45	(3)
Memorandum on the Goals and Directives of Enlightened Management and of Organizational Theory	48	(5)
Regressive Forces	53	(2)
Notes on Self-Esteem in the Work Situation	55	(12)
Management as a Psychological Experiment	67	(14)
Enlightened Management as a Form of Patriotism	81	(7)
Relationship between Psychological Health and the Characteristics of Superior Managers, Supervisors, Foremen, etc. (Notes from Likert)	88	(6)
Further Notes on the Relationship between Psychological Health and the Characteristics of Superior Managers (Notes from Likert)	94	(8)
Memorandum on Enlightened Management	102	(3)
By-Products of Enlightened Management	105	(3)
Notes on Synergy	108	(4)
The Synergic Doctrine of Unlimited Amount of Good versus the Antisynergic Doctrine of Unlimited Amount of Good	112	(17)
Addition to the Notes on Synergy	129	(5)
Memorandum on Syndrome Dynamics and Holistic, Organismic Thinking	134	(15)
Notes on the B-Values (the Far Goals; the Ultimate Goals)	149	(3)
Notes on Leadership	152	(15)
The Superior Person--The "Aggridant" (Biologically Superior and Dominant) Person	167	(10)
The Very Superior Boss	177	(11)
Notes on Unstructured Groups at Lake Arrowhead	188	(32)
Notes on Creativeness	220	(9)
Addition to the Notes on the Creative Person	229	(2)
Notes on the Entrepreneur	231	(5)
Memorandum on the Redefinition of Profit, Taxes, Costs, Money, Economics, etc.	236	(8)
Additions to the Notes on Profits	244	(3)
Additions to the Notes on Redefinition of Profits, Costs, etc.	247	(3)
The Good Enlightened Salesman and Customer	250	(7)
Further Notes on Salesmen and Customers	257	(1)
Memorandum on Salesmen and Salesmanship	258	(8)
On Low Grumbles, High Grumbles, and Metagrumbles	266	(13)
The Theory of Social Improvement; The Theory of the Slow Revolution	279	(13)
The Necessity for Enlightened Management Policies	292	(5)
Bibliography	297	(10)
Index	307