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5. Read the following passage and write out the person’s needs according to the Maslow’s pyramid.

Matt Robinson, a senior marketer for a high street bank, uses the model in a talk to the management team:

‘Imagine that Mr Singh comes to see us about his pension plan. Of course, we talk about his hopes and desires for his retirement. We usually start with how to meet his

physiological needs; by this we mean how he will pay for his food and housing - this is a major customer concern. We will also talk about safety needs, how our client will protect himself and his family when he is retired. We think about social needs: will he still be able to afford membership of the golf club? Then there is the Porsche that he drives to the golf club. This is an example of an esteem need - to maintain his lifestyle and social status. We talk a lot about golf in fact! There are also self-fulfilment needs: here we consider all Mr Singh’s personal projects and dreams. We have to work out how much money he will need to invest today in order, for example, to be able to travel the world when he retires.’

Marketers are interested in customer needs as these can explain customer wants or desires for a specific product or service.

  1. Fill the blanks with the given words and phrases.

desires

customer’s needs

current account

satisfy

services

creating needs

attuned to

Just as products have a life cycle, so do consumers - the Consumer Life Cycle, or CLC. Matt Robinson talks about this:

‘Of course, the banking sector is highly (1) …… consumer life cycles - we’re able to understand how a (2) …… change over time. We exploit this by offering different (3) …… as our clients age, from their first savings account as a child, to a first (4) ………, to mortgages, life insurance and retirement plans. Some people criticize us for (5) ….., for making people believe they need products that they don’t. But I really think we try to fulfil or (6) ………customer needs as they change over the years. Younger customers do not have the same (7) …... as retired people.’

7. List the needs provided below according to the levels of Maslow’s hierarchy (1 – 8).

1. Biological and Physiological needs - .

2. Safety needs – stability - .

3. Belongingness and Love needs - .

4. Esteem needs - .

5. Cognitive needs - .

6. Aesthetic needs -.

7. Self-Actualization needs - .

8. Transcendence needs - .

Air, protection from elements, food, drink, shelter, warmth, security, sex, sleep, order, law, appreciation and search for beauty, realizing personal potential, independence, limits, balance, form, self-esteem, achievement, self-fulfillment, managerial responsibility, affection, relationships, meaning, seeking personal growth and peak experiences, mastery, work group, prestige, family, status, dominance, helping others to achieve self actualization.

Speaking

  • Think about some products you have bought recently. What kinds of needs were you satisfying with each purchase?

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