Marshall Metro’s attempts to motivate students are consistent with recommendations derived from McClelland’s acquired needs theory. The need for achievement is the desire to excel or do something more efficiently. The school meets this need by having the desire to improve the student’s attendance rates and grades. They found some things that worked but they continue to look for more ways that will help the students. The need for affiliation is “the desire to have harmonious relationships with other people and need to feel accepted by other people” (Barton). Ms. Calhoun stated that the quantity and quality of interactions between students and staff made the most difference in attendance rates. The need for affiliation will benefit the whole school because creating close relationships with the students will help the staff understand what each student need in order for these goals to be met. The need for power, in this case, is when the organization wants to organize the efforts of others to further the goals of the organization (Barton). The need for power is met by the staff because the school knew they needed to improve in many areas like grades, attendance, etc. The staff tried to improve this by calling students to make sure they woke up for school, taking them outside to draw with chalk so they would …show more content…
The five levels of need range from basic to highest level and are as follows: physiological, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization (Kinicki). The school met the love need b encouraging the teachers to create relationships with students and letting them know that the staff and school cares about them. They met the esteem need by recognizing and rewarding students for having good attendance. The school also met Maslow’s self-actualization need by finally seeing grades and attendance improve which will be a long term advantage for the