Workplace Culture and Diversity Working with staff members with generational differences For the veteran generation to meet safe patient care and optimal patient outcomes the manager should address the following: the manager would have to address communication since this group of nurses was taught to be respectful and to speak when spoken to. The manager would need to provide education on how to increase communication with other medical providers and patients. The manager would need to educate…
As the face of the workforce continues to change in the United States the organizational theories to manage the new generation of employees has not adapted to the current culture. When addressing organizational leadership and management most theories such as trait theories, Lewin’s leadership behavior, contingency theories by House and Fiedler, and French and Raven’s Five Forms of Power Center these theories center on altering or adding to the heads of departments or groups. Modern or…
the surrounding area to single out the protective factors and try to replicate them. Lastly, it would be beneficial to also run a qualitative study on parental involvement in the youth’s lives that also reflect the differences within different demographic characteristics and family structure. For this reason, results from the current study need to carefully be taken in to consideration and assess for significant information in order to be generalized and help understand the undermining substance…
Using probit modeling and simulation analysis this paper sought to answer two research questions: (1) What are the effects of changing demographic characteristics on SNAP participation among seniors? and (2) What are the effects of the differential geographic distribution in terms of exposure to economic conditions, food and non-food policy characteristics on SNAP among seniors? This paper finds that state economic conditions make up over 71.54% of the change in SNAP participation while state…
Hell-Raisers vs. Ass-Kickers It seems that there has been much discussion lately as to whether or not Generation Z, otherwise known as the Millennials, are “better” or “worse” than their predecessors, Generation X. This is quite an interesting topic. It is one that deserves more and more attention as the younger generation enters adulthood and the work force. There are questions that come to mind that need to be addressed. First, what are these generational differences? Second, are these…
society that influence an industry and the firms in it. (2012, Ireland, D.R., Hoskisson, R.E., Hitt, M.A.) There are 7 trends in a business’s general environment that should be considered when devising the company’s strategies. Those trends are demographic, economic, political/legal, sociocultural,…
Interview Paper For the gender/generational interview paper I chose to interview my father-in-law, Mike Andridge. Mike is part of Generation X, he is a health teacher at a middle school in Plymouth, MI, and a majority of his co-workers are women. For this reason, I chose to ask him many questions about gender in the workplace. The questions I chose to ask relate to the materials that we have read and discussed throughout the semester. It was very interesting to hear all of Mike’s views and…
Divorce is an everyday struggle that adults deal with but do people ever look at the effects that it will have on a child or the children involved? Children affected by Divorce react in many ways depending on their age group. For example, toddlers are more confused about divorce due to their limited cognitive ability and are vulnerable to developing emotional problems in the future. Children between the age groups 6 and 12 there will be a negative impact on their education. In this age group…
Introduction Today’s organization includes people from different generations and cultures. Generations are categorized by age groups such as Silents, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennial (Generation Y). Baby Boomers are born between 1946 and 1964, Generation X between 1965 and 1980 and Millennials are born after 1980 (American Management Association, 2014). Generational diversity do have benefits which include job appeal, and increase productivity. However, it has created various issues…
• Generations, Inc.: From Boomers to Linksters- Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work by Megan Johnson and Larry Johnson Chapter Two- Baby Boomers: The Elephant in the Python and Chapter Three- Managing Boomers The promises of having a better future and having a voice in a constantly changing society greatly influenced and defined the lives of the Baby Boomer generation across America. After the end of World War II, American soldiers embrace the realistic possibility of starting a…