This critique of bureaucracy and the call to make administration more
democratic dovetailed neatly with the developments that were occurring in
motivation theory. For instance, making administration more democratic
and less hierarchical would allow for individuals to express their natural
tendencies to work and be responsible as suggested by McGregor, to meet
social/esteem/self-actualization needs as suggested by Maslow, and to take
orders from the situation as advocated by Follett.