By understanding what needs must be met in order for an employee to achieve the highest level of motivation, managers are then able to get the most out of production.
McGregor's book, The Human Side of Enterprise (1960), described Theories X and Y based upon Maslow's original hierarchy of needs.
Late in his career Maslow focused increasingly on self-transcendence as a human phenomenon and concern.
As he explained in his seminal paper titled Theory Z, the motivation for transcendence literally 'transcends' his original hierarchy of needs.
Maslow believed the ideal organization would harness the human drive for self-transcendence, as well as the motivations of his original pyramid.