Final Report and Practical Applications of Abraham Maslow's Theory

亞伯拉罕•馬司婁理論在SPA之應用

10.30001/JIES.200212.0008

譚彩鳳(Gracie Tsai-Fong Tan)

美容科技學刊

1卷1期（2002 / 12 / 01）

141 - 164

英文

My internship in Spa Nebula day spa introduced me to the spa business in the U.S. As an internship practitioner, I was a member of the staff and helped to manage administrative side of the business, broad range marketing, and also accomplished simple clerical tasks. During the internship, 1 learned how to interact with other employees and customers, saw a general vie* of an American spa business environment, and acquired experience in many little practical things useful in a business which can be learned only by participating in the real world process In order to provide a feedback for improvement of the spa business, I introduced Abraham Maslow's theory of a hierarchical model of human motivation, in which a higher need, ultimately that for self-actualization, is expressed only after lower needs are fulfilled. A brief insight of the critique of his theory provides helpful information on how the theory could be practically applied in the beauty industry as well as in the higher education institutions.