Bridging the Generation Gap

Bridging the Generation Gap
Author: Linda Gravett
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2007-01-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1601638957
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Miscommunication -Employee conflict -Work ethic debates -Loyalty issues -Varying wants and needs -If you are a manager, human resources professional, or business owner, you are faced with these types of issues every day. But why? Because currently, there are five generations in the workplace: Radio Babies (born during 1930-1945); Baby Boomers (1946-1964); Generation X (1965-1976); Generation Y (1977-1991); even some Millennials (1991 and later). Each of them has a different perspective, based on their upbringing and daily lives. The key to making encounters between the generations successful is learning to understand the point of view of each generation and respect their differences.The individuals and organizations that do this will be the ones to succeed. This book will show you how. Authors Gravett and Throckmorton take a dynamic approach to the situation by writing in two distinct voices—as a Baby Boomer and a Gen-Xer—using a "point-counterpoint" approach to identify differences and similarities across generations. They share hands-on experiences, real-life cases, recommended solutions, and ground-breaking research on how members of any generation can better relate to minimize conflict, miscommunication, and wasted energy. You will learn what each generation thinks of the others and how each wishes the others viewed it. Bridging the Generation Gap is filled with strategies and solutions you can implement immediately to help build your own bridge between the generations.

Technology and Young Children

Technology and Young Children
Author: Sally Blake
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781613500590
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"This book presents the view that beliefs, history, research, and policy are essential to changing the educational system with technology"--Provided by publisher.

Bridging Generation Gaps

Bridging Generation Gaps
Author: Khalid Mohamed
Publisher: LinCademy
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2023-12-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:
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"Bridging Generation Gaps," a manual for an animated video-based course and an integral part of our HR 9-Book series entitled "Talent Management and Workforce Development,” is your guide to embracing multigenerational collaboration for organizational success. Uncover the unique characteristics of Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. Master conflict management, foster teamwork, and leverage the power of generational diversity for innovation and growth. Understanding Generational Dynamics: In the dynamic landscape of the modern workplace, generational differences can either be a source of tension or a wellspring of innovation. "Bridging Generation Gaps" embarks on a journey to unravel the historical context behind generation gaps, providing insights into the characteristics and motivations of Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. Chapters: Chapter 1 (Getting Started): Introduction sets the stage, outlining guide objectives. Chapter 2 (History of Generation Gap): Define generation gap, explore defining generations, and manage multigenerational dynamics in the workplace, complemented by a case study. Chapter 3 (Traditionalist Generation): Dive into the background, characteristics, and working style of Traditionalists, supported by a detailed case study. Chapter 4 (Understanding Baby Boomers Generation): Explore the background, characteristics, and working style of Baby Boomers, complemented by a practical case study. Chapter 5 (Understanding Generation X): Uncover the background, characteristics, and working style of Generation X, with insights from a case study. Chapter 6 (Understanding Generation Y): Delve into the background, characteristics, and working style of Generation Y (Millennials), supported by a case study. Chapter 7 (Generations Differences): Explore attitude, working style, and life experience differences among generations, illustrated through a detailed case study. Chapter 8 (Common Grounds): Foster communication, create affinity groups, and encourage knowledge sharing across generations, supported by a practical case study. Chapter 9 (Managing Conflict (I)): Navigate conflicts with older workers using the ACE technique, implement proactive retention strategies, and break stereotypes through team building, with insights from a case study. Chapter 10 (Managing Conflict (II): Navigate the hot zone, foster peer relationships with the CARE model, and build a successful succession plan, supported by a detailed case study. Chapter 11 (The Four Generations Power): Unlock the benefits of generation gaps, foster a learning environment through the FIT model, and embrace the unfamiliar using the LEAD model, complemented by a case study. Chapter 12 (Wrapping Up): Summarize key takeaways, words from the wise, and outline next steps, providing a comprehensive understanding of mastering employee onboarding. Why Choose This Guide: Whether you're an HR professional, manager, or team member, "Bridging Generation Gaps" empowers you to understand, appreciate, and leverage the unique strengths of each generation. Master conflict management, build common grounds, and unlock the potential for enhanced teamwork, innovation, and organizational growth.

The Knockoff

The Knockoff
Author: Lucy Sykes
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101872209
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As editor in chief of Glossy magazine, Imogen Tate is queen of the fashion world … until Eve, her conniving twenty-something former assistant, returns from business school with plans to knock Imogen off her pedestal, take over her job, and re-launch Glossy as an app. Suddenly, the Louboutin is on the other foot; Imogen may have Alexander Wang and Diane von Furstenberg on speed dial, but she doesn’t know Facebook from Foursquare and once got her phone stuck in Japanese for three days. But Imogen will do anything to reclaim her kingdom—even if it means channeling her inner millennial and going head to head with a social-media monster.

Connecting Generations

Connecting Generations
Author: Hayim Herring
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2019-05-08
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1538112175
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Social isolation, loneliness, and suicide are conditions we often associate with the elderly. But in reality, these issues have sharply increased across younger generations. Baby Boomers, Gen X’ers, Millennials, and post-Millennials all report a declining number of friends and an increasing number of health issues associated with loneliness. Even more concerning, it appears that the younger the generation, the greater the feelings of disconnection. Regardless of age, it feels as though we’re living through a period of ongoing disequilibrium because we’re not able to adapt quickly enough to the social and technological changes swirling around us. These powerful changes have not only isolated individuals from their own peers but have contributed to becoming an age-segregated society. And yet we need fulfilling relationships with people our own age and across the generations to lead lives that are rich in meaning and purpose. Even in those rare communities where young and old live near each other, they lack organic settings that encourage intergenerational relationships. In addition, it isn’t technology, but generational diversity that is our best tool for navigating the changes that affect so many aspects of our lives - whether it’s work, entertainment, education, or family dynamics. We can’t restore yesterday’s model of community, where only those who were older transmitted wisdom downward to the generation below. But we can relearn how much members of different generations have to offer each other and recreate intergenerational communities for the 21st century where young, old, and everyone in between is equally valued for their perspectives, and where each generation views itself as having a stake in the other’s success. Here, Hayim Herring focuses more deeply on how Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials perceive one another and looks underneath the generational labels that compound isolation. He offers ways we can prepare current and future generations for a world in which ongoing interactions with people from multiple generations become the norm, and re-experience how enriching intergenerational relationships are personally and communally.

Gentelligence

Gentelligence
Author: Megan Gerhardt
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1538142155
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"Vital for any organization with multigenerational staffs, and for marketers, public relations professionals, HRD managers, or executives." Library Journal, Starred Review Gentelligence: The Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce presents a transformative way to end the generational wars once and for all. This book first introduces Gentelligence as a powerful business strategy and shows why it is critical for the future of work. It then presents a practical guide and a call to action for leaders of all ages to unlock the potential strengths of each generation. Readers will learn how an intergenerational workforce can be reframed as a profound business opportunity and discover how Gentelligence can help them win the talent war, create strong, diverse teams, and build adaptable cultures that will flourish in an era of rapid change. Gentelligence shares groundbreaking evidence that will have readers thinking about their generationally diverse workforce in an entirely different way. Readers will discover: Where generational conflict originates, and how it results in both dangerous ageism and reverse ageism in today’s workplaces. Why the generation gap stems from a misunderstanding of shared core values across all generations. How to find essential common ground with colleagues, both older and younger, and recognize the unique needs that come with different generational identities. How generational shaming leads us to view those from other generations as competitors rather than collaborators, further damaging employee engagement, team dynamics, innovation, and organizational culture. How leveraging the unique strengths of each generation at work can lead to a win-win outcome for all. How traditional views on leadership have been turned upside down as a result of new generational dynamics, with many employees currently being led by managers that are younger than themselves, and older leaders struggling to make sense of changing norms around authority and power. Gentelligence reveals the opportunities within an intergenerational workforce and provides actionable tools to help leaders build Gentelligent organizations. Unlike other books on generational leadership, this book rejects common stereotypes assigned to different generations, replacing them with a deep understanding of why those who grew up in different times may behave in unique and valuable, ways. We challenge leaders to go beyond simply accepting generational differences to leverage them proactively to increase engagement, innovation, and organizational success.

Bridging the Gap Between AI, Cognitive Science, and Narratology With Narrative Generation

Bridging the Gap Between AI, Cognitive Science, and Narratology With Narrative Generation
Author: Ogata, Takashi
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2020-09-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1799848655
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The use of cognitive science in creating stories, languages, visuals, and characters is known as narrative generation, and it has become a trending area of study. Applying artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to story development has caught the attention of professionals and researchers; however, few studies have inherited techniques used in previous literary methods and related research in social sciences. Implementing previous narratology theories to current narrative generation systems is a research area that remains unexplored. Bridging the Gap Between AI, Cognitive Science, and Narratology With Narrative Generation is a collection of innovative research on the analysis of current practices in narrative generation systems by combining previous theories in narratology and literature with current methods of AI. The book bridges the gap between AI, cognitive science, and narratology with narrative generation in a broad sense, including other content generation, such as a novels, poems, movies, computer games, and advertisements. The book emphasizes that an important method for bridging the gap is based on designing and implementing computer programs using knowledge and methods of narratology and literary theories. In order to present an organic, systematic, and integrated combination of both the fields to develop a new research area, namely post-narratology, this book has an important place in the creation of a new research area and has an impact on both narrative generation studies, including AI and cognitive science, and narrative studies, including narratology and literary theories. It is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, and students, as well as enterprise practitioners, engineers, and creators of diverse content generation fields such as advertising production, computer game creation, comic and manga writing, and movie production.

Socio-economic Systems: Paradigms for the Future

Socio-economic Systems: Paradigms for the Future
Author: Elena G. Popkova
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1728
Release: 2021-03-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030564339
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This book is reflective of a science-based vision of the future development paradigm of economic and social systems. It deals with the digitization as the technological basis for the future development of economic and social systems and presents a review of groundbreaking technologies and prospects for their application. The specific character of the industry and prospects for the application of digital technologies in business are analyzed. A rationale is provided for future prospects for the sustainable development of economic and social systems in a digital economy. The authors determine the process of the formation and development of the information-oriented society, social and educational aspects of the digitization, as well as the institutional framework of the digital future of social and economic systems. The book combines the best works following the results of the 12th International Research-to-Practice Conference “Artificial Intelligence: Anthropogenic Nature vs. Social Origin” that was held by the Institute of Scientific Communications (ISC) in cooperation with the Siberian Federal University and the Krasnoyarsk Regional Fund of support of scientific and scientific–technical activities on 5–7 December 2019, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, as well as following the results of the 3rd International Research-to-Practice Conference “Economic and Social Systems: Paradigms for the Future” that was held by the ISC in cooperation with the Pyatigorsk State University on 5–6 February 2020. The target audience of the book consists of representatives of the academic community concerned with the future prospects for the development of economic and social systems, as well as economic agents engaged in the digitization of business processes, and representatives of public agencies regulating the development of business systems for their progressivity, sustainability and competitiveness.

Generations at Work

Generations at Work
Author: Ron Zemke
Publisher: AMACOM
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2013-03-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814432352
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Written for those struggling to manage a workforce with incompatible ethics, values, and working styles, this book looks at the root causes of professional conflict and offers practical guidelines for navigating multigenerational differences. By exploring the most common causes of conflict--including the Me Generation’s frustration with Gen Yers’ constant desire for feedback and the challenges facing Gen Xers sandwiched between these polarities--Generations at Work offers practical, spot-on guidance for managing the differences with consideration to each generation’s unique needs. Along with the authors’ insights for managing a workforce with different ways of working, communicating, and thinking, this invaluable resources offers: in-depth interviews with members of each generation, tips on best practices from companies successfully bridging the generation gap, and a mentorship field guide to help you support the youngest members of your team. Generations at Work has the tools that are key to helping your workforce interact more positively with one another and thrive in today’s wildly divergent workplace culture.

Generations, Inc.

Generations, Inc.
Author: Meagan Johnson
Publisher: AMACOM
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010-05-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814415768
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Now that five different generations are on the job simultaneously--from Traditionals to Generation Y to Millennials--it's important for companies to understand how their people can not only coexist and cooperate, but thrive together as a team. Written by Meagan and Larry Johnson, a father-daughter team of two generational experts, Generations, Inc. offers the perspectives of people of different eras to elicit practical insights on wrestling with generational issues in the workplace. This book provides Baby Boomers and Linksters alike with practical techniques for: addressing conflicts, forging alliances with coworkers from other generations, getting people with different values and idiosyncratic styles to work together, and running productive meetings where all participants find value in each other’s ideas. The generation we were born in influences our expectations, actions, and mind-sets. Generations, Inc. includes realistic strategies for relating to your team members’ different views of loyalty, work ethic, and the definition of a job well done--and tips to make those perspectives work together to strengthen your workforce and grow your business.