Abraham Maslow was always looking at the 'big picture.' Whereas most social scientists of his day seemed to wear blinders that riveted their attention to narrow concerns, Maslow's own vision was far-reaching. His lifetime of discoveries in and transcended academic psychology, and extended into the major business fields of and. Maslow also loved to explore nascent, barely perceptible social trends and to speculate boldly about their consequences. As the originator of such important ideas as the hierarchy of human needs, self-actualization, higher motivation, team, and business synergy, Maslow was well-respected at the time of his sudden death in 1970.

Back then, he was already acclaimed as a founder of the approach known as enlightened management. Yet, in the intervening decades, Maslow's reputation and relevance have increased, rather than diminished. His concepts not only continue to shape the United States, but exert increasing international impact as well. Logic Pro 9 Mac Os X. Packard Bell Recovery Boot Disk. As simply one academic indicator, Maslow's volume of posthumously published essays, FUTURE VISIONS, which I edited, has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish. Why do normally staid business writers venerate Maslow and refer to him as a 'legendary' psychologist?