Presentation : Strategic organizational communication

Baby Boomers of Generation X and Generation Y and Z

1)What expectations does each of these generational groups have about life and about organization.

Baby Boomers of 1946-1964


Life
- Take precaution on their health and wealth
- Positive
- They believe that health is a contingency to them


Organization
- Leader and follower style
- Dislike autocratic leaders and value freedom choice and expression.




Generation X of 1965-1980


Life

- Members of generation X work to live rather than live to work.

- Ambitious

- Eager to learn new skills

Organization


- In the workplace, Generation X values freedom and responsibility. Many in this generation display a casual disdain for authority and structured work hours. They dislike being micro-managed and embrace a hands-off management philosophy.




Generation Y of 1981-2000


Life
- Achievement Oriented
- Attention Craving
- Digital Natives


Organizational
- They have high expectations of their employers, seek out new challanges and are not afraid     to question authority.
- They want meaningful work and a solid learning curve.
- Technological savvy.


2)What messages and experiences have contributed to those expectations?

Baby boomers- Want retirement fast, dislike changes and they do not keep up to date with the digital world.

Generation X- Independent, resourceful and self-sufficient.This generation is comfortable using PDAs, cellphones, e-mail, laptops, Blackberrys and other technology employed in the legal workplace.

Generation Y- While older generations may view this attitude as narcissistic or lacking commitment, discipline and drive, Generation Y legal professionals have a different vision of workplace expectations and prioritize family over work.

3)  Over what issues are the three groups likely to have conflicts? Why?

In my own opinion, one of the issue that are likely to have conflicts between these three groups will be age. People who are older or known as the baby boomers might not have the technological skills that a generation x-ers or y-ers have and people from generation x-ers or y-ers might not be as wise as the baby boomers because of the generation gap. People from generation X and Y might have a different way to deal things unlike baby boomers whom are workaholics. Besides that, generation tension and the use of technology such as the social media and network makes things complicated and make make work ethics worst.


Discussion Questions

1)To which if any of the three generations group of you belong? (remember if' the experience you've had more than your age that influence generational membership)
 -Generation Y

2)How do your expectations and experiences arrespond to theirs?

- Fairness and Equality comes first
- Freedom
- Teamwork
- Digital person
- Love being with creative and fun people
- Social
- Reasonable employer

3)Over what issues are you liking to have conflicts with the member's of the three group?Why?

One of the issue would be misinterpretation or miscommunication.
Baby Boomers- Loves interacting face to face and they dislike tech-gadgets to interact.
Generation X - They rely on mobile phones and internet for information.
Generation Y- More on the social network and love finding information or entertainment via internet.

Work ethic
Baby Boomers : They are workaholics and willing to be stagnant employed with the same employer.

Generation X: They are flexible and they appreciate fun in the workplace and espouse a work hard/play hard mentality. Generation X managers often incorporate humor and games into work activities.

Generation Y: They are achievement-oriented and attention craving.


4) Are the strategies chosen by Generation Xers appropriate to the situations they face? Generation Yers?

a)Generation X- Depending on their employer whether that if the employer is a baby boomer, they might have problem in communications and in terms of workload, the employer might want them to have more paper work rather then using tech-gadgets.

b)Generation Y- Teamwork and giving out ideas, brainstorming and learn to adapt in the workplace. Has high advantage when comes to using the internet rather than hand-written work.

5)What effects are their strategies likely to have on their relationships with the supervisors in traditional firms? With their co-workers? Withtheir subordinates? Why?

Once again it depends on the generation gap. For example, if the supervisors are more likely to be a baby boomer, he might be more conservative and use technique which are way back in the days such as hand-written work rather than using the internet. The co-workers will be the generation X might not have the patience doing hand written work because they are eager to learn new skills such as the social network,internet and more. The subordinates will be the generation Y (freshman) in the company might have many assumptions and skills to learn from both. At the end of the day, it depends on the company worker's generation gap.

Source: http://legalcareers.about.com/od/practicetips/a/GenerationX.htm
http://legalcareers.about.com/od/practicetips/a/GenerationY.htm
http://www.cio.com/article/178050/Gen_Y_Gen_X_and_the_Baby_Boomers_Workplace_Generation_Wars