Human Need
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A Human Need is a organism need by a human.
- Context:
- It can (often) be provided by another Human.
- It can be provided by a Human Need Provider Organizational Initiative.
- It can be modeled by a Humuan Need Model (such as Maslow's hierarchy).
- It can (often) be associated with Human Seeking.
- …
- Example(s):
- a Basic Human Need (a basic need), such as:
- A Basic Human Need, such as food, water, and shelter.
- A Human Subsistence Need, like the need for food and water.
- A Human Protection Need, such as the need for safety and shelter.
- ...
- A Psychological Human Need (a psychological need), such as:
- A Human Affection Need, including the need for love and emotional support.
- A Human Identity Need, relating to the need for a sense of identity and personal growth.
- A Human Psychological Need, such as the need for mental health and emotional well-being.
- One from Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
- ...
- a Social Human Need, such as:
- A Human Participation Need, including the need for social interaction and community involvement.
- A Human Social Need, including the need for social connection and belonging.
- A Social Human Need, like the need for belonging and social connection.
- ...
- a Human Fulfillment Need, such as:
- A Human Creation Need, including the need for creativity and expression.
- A Human Freedom Need, including the need for autonomy and personal choice.
- A Human Leisure Need, such as the need for rest and recreation.
- A Human Status Need, relating to self-esteem and recognition.
- A Human Understanding Need, such as the need for education and knowledge.
- ...
- a Human Physical Need, like the need for exercise and healthcare.
- a Person Need, of a human person.
- …
- a Basic Human Need (a basic need), such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- an Non-Human Animal Need, such as a dog need.
- an Organizationa Need, such as a worker need (or a shareholder need).
- See: Customer Need, Wants, Strategic Sustainable Development, Individualistic Society, Collectivist Society.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_human_needs Retrieved:2014-3-25.
- Human Needs and Human-scale Development, [1] developed by Manfred Max-Neef and others (Antonio Elizalde and Martin Hopenhayn), are seen as ontological (stemming from the condition of being human), are few, finite and classifiable (as distinct from the conventional notion of conventional economic “wants” that are infinite and insatiable). [2] They are also constant through all human cultures and across historical time periods. What changes over time and between cultures is the strategies by which these needs are satisfied. Human needs can be understood as a system - i.e. they are interrelated and interactive. In this system, there is no hierarchy of needs (apart from the basic need for subsistence or survival) as postulated by Western psychologists such as Maslow, rather, simultaneity, complementarity and trade-offs are features of the process of needs satisfaction. Manfred Max-Neef and his colleagues developed a taxonomy of human needs and a process by which communities can identify their "wealths" and "poverties" according to how their fundamental human needs are satisfied. This school of Human Scale Development is described as "focused and based on the satisfaction of fundamental human needs, on the generation of growing levels of self-reliance, and on the construction of organic articulations of people with nature and technology, of global processes with local activity, of the personal with the social, of planning with autonomy, and of civil society with the state." [3] [4]
One of the applications is within the field of Strategic Sustainable Development where the individual Fundamental Human Needs (not the marketed needs) and the mechanics of the collective social system need satisfying in a sustainable society. Together with other aspects of the Framework including the (socio-ecological) sustainability principles it helps to plan and design for sustainability.
- Human Needs and Human-scale Development, [1] developed by Manfred Max-Neef and others (Antonio Elizalde and Martin Hopenhayn), are seen as ontological (stemming from the condition of being human), are few, finite and classifiable (as distinct from the conventional notion of conventional economic “wants” that are infinite and insatiable). [2] They are also constant through all human cultures and across historical time periods. What changes over time and between cultures is the strategies by which these needs are satisfied. Human needs can be understood as a system - i.e. they are interrelated and interactive. In this system, there is no hierarchy of needs (apart from the basic need for subsistence or survival) as postulated by Western psychologists such as Maslow, rather, simultaneity, complementarity and trade-offs are features of the process of needs satisfaction. Manfred Max-Neef and his colleagues developed a taxonomy of human needs and a process by which communities can identify their "wealths" and "poverties" according to how their fundamental human needs are satisfied. This school of Human Scale Development is described as "focused and based on the satisfaction of fundamental human needs, on the generation of growing levels of self-reliance, and on the construction of organic articulations of people with nature and technology, of global processes with local activity, of the personal with the social, of planning with autonomy, and of civil society with the state." [3] [4]
- ↑ www.max-neef.cl
- ↑ Manfred A. Max-Neef with Antonio Elizalde, Martin Hopenhayn. (1989). Human scale development: conception, application and further reflections. New York: Apex. Chpt. 2. "Development and Human Needs", p. 18.
- ↑ Manfred Max-Neef, Antonio Elizalde, & Martin Hopenhayn "Human Scale Development: An Option for the Future" (in Spanish--Max-Neef, Manfred, Antonio Elizalde y Martin Hopenhayn (1986), “Desarrollo a Escala Humana - una opción para el futuro”, Development Dialogue, número especial (CEPAUR y Fundación Dag Hammarskjold).) p.12.
- ↑ Manfred Max-Neef, Antonio Elizalde, & Martín Hopenhayn. with the cooperation of. Felipe Herrera, Hugo Zemelman, Jorge Jatobá, Luis Weinstein (1989). “Human Scale Development: An Option for the Future." Development Dialogue: A Journal of International Development Cooperation. 1989, 1, 7-80. (in English)
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_human_needs#Classification_of_Needs Retrieved:2014-3-25.
- Max-Neef classifies the fundamental human needs as:
- subsistence
- protection
- affection
- understanding
- participation
- leisure
- creation
- identity
- freedom
- Needs are also defined according to the existential categories of being, having, doing and interacting, and from these dimensions, a 36 cell matrix is developed [1]
- Max-Neef classifies the fundamental human needs as:
2000
- (Csikszentmihalyi, 2000) ⇒ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. (2000). “The Costs and Benefits of Consuming.” In: Journal of consumer Research, 27(2).In: Journal of consumer Research, 27(2). doi:10.1086/314324
- QUOTE: Because consumer behavior is largely driven by the desire to satisfy needs that have been programmed in our minds either by the genes we inherit or the memes' we learn from the culture in which we live, it is useful to start the analysis with a consideration of human needs. Of the many taxonomies developed by psychologists, the one by Abraham Maslow (1968, 1971) is one of the most succinct, and one that is familiar to students of consumer behavior (Kilbourne 1987). The model involves only five factors or levels, and it is reasonably comprehensive. We might, therefore, use it to help with a preliminary classification of what motivates consumer behavior.