Douglas Murray McGregor
(1906–64)Douglas Murray McGregor was born in Detroit, Michigan on 16 September 1906 and died at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts on 13 October 1964, following a heart attack at ...
Erik Erikson
(1902–94)A developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on the social development of human beings. Through his association with Anna Freud, and his study for a certificate in ...
Fritz Jules Roethlisberger
(1898–1974)Fritz Jules Roethlisberger was born in New York City on 29 October 1898, the son of Friedrich and Lina Roethlisberger. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 17 May 1974. ...
hierarchy of needs
A layered and categorical view of human need developed by Abraham Maslow, often used as the starting point or background to understanding basic consumer motivation. In this model, only a few people ...
humanism
[De]A philosophy or ethical system that centres on the concept of the dignity, freedom, and value of human beings. The belief that there is an essential human condition that emerges regardless of ...
learning theory
Sometimes referred to as ‘the psychology of learning’, the body of theory about how and why learning takes place draws heavily on the work of schools of psychology as diverse as the behaviourists, on ...
motivation
The mental processes that arouse, sustain, and direct human behaviour. Motivation may stem from processes taking place within an individual (intrinsic motivation) or from the impact of factors acting ...
Organizational Design Movement
Also known as the ‘neo-human relations school’ or ‘organizational psychology’, this was a group of writers who were influential in American and European business schools in the 1960s. The most ...
Peter Ferdinand Drucker
(1909–)Peter Drucker was born on 19 November 1909 in Vienna. His father, Adolph Drucker, was a prominent lawyer and senior civil servant. His mother, Caroline Bond, had an English ...
self
The elusive ‘I’ that shows an alarming tendency to disappear when we try to introspect it. See bundle theory of the mind or self, Cartesian dualism, personal identity.
self-actualization
The drive people have to realize their potential and to find fulfilment. Self-actualization encompasses the human need for challenge, responsibility, creativity, and variety at work, enabling ...
