Case Study Of Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs

In this next assignment, I will try to demonstrate the different theories of motivation that Mr. Norm Crosby was face with. Not being the successful candidate in the last round of promotion for a Lieutenant position certainly affected his moral. After all, being a veteran firefighter with the Zenith Fire Department, he would have enjoy a better fate. The first theory is “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs”. With this theory, I feel Mr. Crosby met every needs. He his quit capable of doing a good job and being close to retirement and having a side line in construction, both physical, safety and security needs were well established. Mr. Crosby social needs are also not an issue since he is well accepted by his fellow firefighters. He also got the respect and trust from his co-workers and management which is a great accomplishment, it is also good for the self-esteem. Although having met all his needs he still did not get the status he was looking for. That brings me …show more content…
Competing with eight candidate including Harold Lawson for the Lieutenant position was a challenge itself. Mr. Lawson is quit pro-active with the Zenith Fire Department and with IAFF Local 768 whereas Norm Crosby was more reserve and quiet but well committed to do a great job with his department. He was in my own opinion relying too much on his experience with the ZFD to get a promotion. Looking at the ratio of Rewards and Investments in the “Adam’s and Homan’s Theory” let’s say for instance that Firefighter A is Norm Crosby and Firefighter B is Harold Lawson and I apply the ratio mention above. According to the biography of both individuals, I truly believe that Mr. Lawson had an advantage on Norm Crosby in regards of Rewards (salary, status, privileges) and Investments (years of education, hours of works, projects successfully completed)