HUMAN NEEDS

Fact about Human Needs
• Human Needs are things that must be completed by people.
• When people do not get their needs, their life is not reasonable.
• Needs are more important than want.
• Needs are unlimited.
• There are two important things related to the needs:


There are two important things related to the needs:
░ Need reflects the feeling of lack within the human beings that needs to be fulfilled.

░ Needs is a basic instinct and it is absolutely needed by human beings to survive.


Three factors of the differences of Needs :
♪ Nature Situation
♪ Human Cultural and
♪ Religion


Needs are also defined according to the :

A. Utility intensity
☺ Primer
☺ Seconder
☺ Tertiary

B. Time of Compliance
☺ Present
☺ Future

C. Subject
☺ Personal/Individual
☺ Social/Collective

D. Nature
☺ Physical
☺ Spiritual

E. Form
☺ Goods
☺ Services


A.
• Primary Need is the most essential need to be fulfilled.

• Secondary Need is a need that is fulfilled after the primary need have been fulfilled.

• Tertiary Need is a need that is fulfilled after Primary and Secondary Need have been fulfilled. It can be Primary Need for some people.

B.
• Present Need is a need that must be completed now and can’t be delayed.
◘ Mr. Budi is sick, so he must go to the doctor.

• Future Need is a need for future fulfillment.
◘ Mr. Budi save his money in the bank for his children’s education.

C.
• Personal Need is a need for each person. It’s different from person to person.
◘ Comedian’s need is different from a police’s

• Collective Need is a need that is use together by a community.
◘ Railway
◘ Bus
◘ Mousque

D.
• Physical Need is a need for our body. It’s satisfied by goods.
Example :
☻ Food
☻ Drink
☻ Car

• Spiritual Need is a need that satisfied by abstract thing.
Example :
☻ Recreation
☻ Religion
☻ Education


Goods to Satisfy Human Needs

The Meaning of Goods to Satisfy Human Needs
• Are things that used by people to satisfy the Human Needs.


Types of Means of Satisfying Need

• The numerous means of satisfying need can be classified into :

♪ Way to Obtain
♪ Utility
♪ Production Process
♪ Its Relation to Other Goods


• Way to Obtain
¤ Economic Goods (Limited in number)
¤ Free Goods (Provided by nature in plentiful amount)

• Based on the Utility
¤ Consumptive Goods (Can be utilized/Ready made goods)
¤ Productive Goods (used in production process/Assets)

• Production Process
¤ Raw Material (Has not been processed)
¤ Half Made Goods (Have been processed but unready for use)
¤ Ready Made Goods (Ready for use)

• Its relation to other goods
¤ Complementary Goods (it use together with other goods)
¤ Substitute Goods (example: rice – corn, bus – train, etc