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Personal need for recognition

Name(s): 
Individual need for credit
Broader 
Pursuit of personal prestige
Overemphasis on immediate superficial needs
Narrower 
Academic self-promotion
Claiming false credit for actions
Failure to sacrifice any personal advantage
Compulsion of leaders to leave permanent monuments
Reduces 
Lack of individual initiative
Related 
Unrecognized needs for growth
Uncoordinated expression of needs
This problem is a member of 10 aggravating loops
Aggravates 
Prejudicial community self-reliance [in 1 loop]
Individualistic style of professionals
Unformed pattern of cooperative action [in 3 loops]
Unequal distribution of fame and honours [in 2 loops]
Production serving false consumption needs [in 4 loops]
Aggravated by 
Infrequent honour singing
Leadership impaired by illness
Individualistic family structures
Unrealistically positive self-assessment
Value(s) 
Credit
Recognition
Discredit
Nonrecognition
Type 
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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