INTERESTING FACTS

Thirty-six years ago renowned psychologist Abraham H. Maslow spent the summer at a small technology company, observing his ideas about motivation being put to the test. His journals, rereleased this month, offer lessons to anyone who manages people today

Maslow kept a journal that goes far beyond what he saw at Non-Linear. In it he wrote about "enlightened management," describing the type of workplace that would be most conducive to the workers' reaching a point of self-actualization. He wrote about trust among workers and management, the need for honest recognition, and the importance of continuous improvement

In the summer of 1962, Dr. Abraham H. Maslow, the psychologist well known for his work on motivation and personality, decided to take a sabbatical. That wasn't terribly unusual for a professor. What was unusual was where he decided to take his break--at a technology company called Non-Linear Systems, in Del Mar, Calif.

QUOTES BY MASLOW

A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting. Abraham Maslow A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. Abraham Maslow All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization. Abraham Maslow But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication. Abraham Maslow

http://www.dushkin.com/connectext/psy/ch11/bioe.mhtml Abraham Maslow Biography-gives a brief description of Maslow's life.

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