Kathryn Tyler, a freelance writer and frequent contributor to HR Magazine, describes in her article “The Tethered Generation” how technology has affected the way the work place is run. She describes the Millennial Generation, or Generation Y, as the first generation to grow up using technology for entertainment and communication since their childhood. She tells the reader this dependency on technology is causing this generation to have develop a different work ethic that what big corporations are used to with older generations. Tyler writes this article in a direct attempt to help business’s human resources and company training realize how this dependency on technology and new style of working isn’t something that can be totally abolished in the work place, but it can be integrated with older policies and ways of running business.
Although she does give an effective argument for work place reformation, it is hard to tell her personal opinions on the matter, as she uses a lot of direct quotes to explain what her article is about and what the opposing view is. The only …show more content…
She says that technology has “abetted parental over-sight, making it easier for over-bearing parents to ‘hover’ well into adulthood”. She then uses a quote from Jordan Grafman, chief of Cognitive Neuroscience at the National institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, which explains that the hovering done by parents is leading youth to become less able to deal with the small failures in life. She also includes a story from Robert Epstein, the editor of Psychology Today, where he recalls an incident when he was a professor of a judge formally contacting him because he and his daughter found his expectations of the class intimating, expecting special treatment. Using these accounts helps bring background to her argument and helps to build up accreditation to the
Although she does give an effective argument for work place reformation, it is hard to tell her personal opinions on the matter, as she uses a lot of direct quotes to explain what her article is about and what the opposing view is. The only …show more content…
She says that technology has “abetted parental over-sight, making it easier for over-bearing parents to ‘hover’ well into adulthood”. She then uses a quote from Jordan Grafman, chief of Cognitive Neuroscience at the National institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, which explains that the hovering done by parents is leading youth to become less able to deal with the small failures in life. She also includes a story from Robert Epstein, the editor of Psychology Today, where he recalls an incident when he was a professor of a judge formally contacting him because he and his daughter found his expectations of the class intimating, expecting special treatment. Using these accounts helps bring background to her argument and helps to build up accreditation to the