Generational Cohesion and Conflict

Week 3 - Discussion 1

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Generational Cohesion   and Conflict

In preparation for this discussion, review the following resources:

• Chapter 6, Generations at Work: Managing the Clash of Veterans,      Boomers, Xers, and Nexters in Your Workplace
• Baby Boomers and Generation Y @ Work (While      Gen X caught in the middle) (Links to an external site.)Links to an      external site.
• Generational Differences in Work      Values (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• Millennials or Generation Y, Who They Are      and Why They're Hated (Links to an external site.)Links to an      external site.

As presented in the readings this week, the generational mix in the workplace can create opportunities for conflict and cohesion. Please respond to the following prompts:

• Your work manager has asked you to bring together a      group of co-workers to form a project team that will look at a new      software system to manage customer accounts. Currently, the customer      account system is very complex and a manual process, but the system works      and has been in place and efficiently managed for over 30 years. You      decide to create a project team of multiple generations. Your manager      asks you why you made this decision. Explain to her why you have      chosen Baby Boomer, Generation X, and Generation Y team members by      explaining the unique attributes each could bring to the team.
• Have you experienced generational conflict at work or      in another part of your life? Has your reading this week on      generations changed your views regarding this experience or helped you      understand what occurred? Share your experience and how your views may      have changed.         

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.