In the international competition for talent, emigration of skilled workforces - brain drain - can result in an extremely malicious drag on the talent pools of source country. Likewise, industries and companies are battling for Millennials, or Gen Y, or Echo Boomers, whatever we choose to call them. In today’s economy, the best way to protect and attract these assets is adjusting organizational culture. Cultural change and engagement are no longer the exclusive topics for Human Resource to discuss; they are now one of the most critical business issues. Besides having to understand employees’ needs, comprehending the process of change is vital in order to successfully implement a change. While others may think the gen Y employees must adapt themselves
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Though Lewin proposes that passive or unspoken resistance may occur during the “Changing” period, those who fully understand why the change is being made will be more committed, engaged and productive (Brisson-Banks, 2009). Companies, therefore, need to perform major changes that can accommodate the distinctive work and lifestyle desires of the younger staffs, but at the same time maintain the morale of the existing …show more content…
Yet this time it is a transition in which technology and globalization have drastically changed the game. As a result, it alters, the way we perceive something is commonly correct. Last week, angry parents baffled over a math question for a third grader that was posted on Facebook (Collman, 2015, October 27). The first question asked the student to solve 5 x 3 by using repeated addition. The student’s answer was 5 + 5 + 5 = 15, but was marked incorrect. According to the Common Core, "three groups of five" was wrong even though both were mathematically correct. Instead, the correct answer should have been 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15. This issue, once again, has reinstated that there may be only a certain way which people, regardless of who they are, have to follow in order to accomplish their
Though Lewin proposes that passive or unspoken resistance may occur during the “Changing” period, those who fully understand why the change is being made will be more committed, engaged and productive (Brisson-Banks, 2009). Companies, therefore, need to perform major changes that can accommodate the distinctive work and lifestyle desires of the younger staffs, but at the same time maintain the morale of the existing …show more content…
Yet this time it is a transition in which technology and globalization have drastically changed the game. As a result, it alters, the way we perceive something is commonly correct. Last week, angry parents baffled over a math question for a third grader that was posted on Facebook (Collman, 2015, October 27). The first question asked the student to solve 5 x 3 by using repeated addition. The student’s answer was 5 + 5 + 5 = 15, but was marked incorrect. According to the Common Core, "three groups of five" was wrong even though both were mathematically correct. Instead, the correct answer should have been 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15. This issue, once again, has reinstated that there may be only a certain way which people, regardless of who they are, have to follow in order to accomplish their