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Abraham Maslow

أبراهام ماسلو

The American psychologist Abraham Maslow, as presented by Tareq al-Suwaidan: in 1943 he published the 'hierarchy of human needs', ordering man's needs from the physiological to self-actualisation.

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Global / Diaspora
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Politics, governance and authority

Summary

Tareq al-Suwaidan presents Abraham Maslow as the author of the 'hierarchy of human needs', published in 1943, ordering man's needs from the physiological to self-actualisation 1.

The pyramid

Al-Suwaidan explains that Maslow held that man is a social being with many concerns, but ordered: first the basic physiological needs of food, drink, shelter and reproduction, then belonging, then self-fulfilment 2. He adds that whoever wants to manage properly must make sure the base of the pyramid is complete before moving up, and that the pyramid is found in nearly every management book 3.

People and things also explored

Ahl al-Diwan (those paid from the state register of soldiers and officers, and the rules of their conditions and distribution)· Ahl al-Hall wa al-Aqd (those who loose and bind: the men of power whose choice confirms the imam)· Ahl al-Mahalla (the people of a quarter, their imam, call to prayer, and their part in the oath and blood money where a body is found)· Islamic management· Experience versus service, and self-development· The nominal group technique· Leadership and the leader's six roles· Situational leadership

Sources

  1. Assabile archive of Tareq al-Suwaidan's lectures (video) , Administrative Processus Abilities, episode 1, at 00:32:30 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
  2. Assabile archive of Tareq al-Suwaidan's lectures (video) , Administrative Processus Abilities, episode 1, at 00:33:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
  3. Assabile archive of Tareq al-Suwaidan's lectures (video) , Administrative Processus Abilities, episode 1, at 00:33:30 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
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Ahl al-Diwan (those paid from the state register of soldiers and officers, and the rules of their conditions and distribution)

Diwan is a Persian loan-word meaning a collection of sheets and writings, in which the army and those given grants were written; for the jurists it is the register in which the names of those in state service who receive a stipend from the public treasury are recorded, and the office that keeps it. Umar ibn al-Khattab was the first to set up the diwan, according to two accounts. The people of the diwan are of several kinds: soldiers, on conditions that are regulatory, such as puberty, freedom, Islam, health and fitness for fighting; holders of office, such as governors, judges, scholars, collectors, imams and muezzins; and the needy. The Companions differed on preference in distribution: Abu Bakr and Ali made it equal, while Umar and Uthman preferred by precedence in Islam, and Umar added kinship to the Prophet; Abu Hanifa and Ahmad followed the latter view.