SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS

When all physiological needs are met and are no longer controlling thoughts and behaviors, the needs for security can become active. While adults have little awareness of their security needs except in times of emergency or periods of disorganization in the social structure (such as widespread rioting), children often display the signs of insecurity and the need to be safe. (Jerom,2017).


In an organization, safety and security needs may be satisfied by job security, benefit programs including insurance and retirement plans, and safe and healthy working conditions. (Ozguner, and Ozguner, 2014). 

A secure working environment can also mean the decreased anxiety produced by adequate benefits, union contracts.  Training occupies an important position at this level because the worker consciously and subconsciously relates training to safety. For instance, a person trained on a piece of machinery is a safer worker than one that has not had the training and has been required to learn by trial and error. However, the worker also associates the willingness of the company to spend resources, time and money, on his/her training as an assurance that he/she is of value to the company.

As example for this the organization which I work provides
01.  permanent employment who completes satisfactory training and probation period
02.  Allowed and approved to be a union member of the company recognized trade unions
03.  Provide regular local and foreign trainings for new machinery handling
04.  Provides safety equipment as ear plugs, safety glasses, safety shoes, safety belts and gloves


List of References

Jerom, N. (2013)  Application of the Maslow’s hierarchy of need theory; impacts and implications on organizational culture, human resource and employee’s performance, 39(45)

Ozguner, Z. and Ozguner, M. (2014).  A Managerial Point of View on the Relationship between of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Herzberg’s Dual Factor Theory. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 5(7) 207




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