Title Generation blend : managing across the technology age gap / Rob Salkowitz

Published Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 254 pages) : illustrations Series [Microsoft executive leadership series] Microsoft executive leadership series. Contents Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. Introduction. Technology as the Locus of Conflict. Technology as the Enabler of Potential. Why Should We Care about Generational Attitudes Toward Technology. Generation Blend. Chapter 2. Changing Workforce, Changing Work. The Looming Skills Shortage. How Technology Changes Work. Disruptive Impacts of Technology. Outlook. Chapter 3. Understanding the Generations. Life Stages and Generations. Generational Analysis as a Predictive Methodology. Generation vs. Generalization: A Few Caveats. What is a Generational Attitude?Generational Attitudes and Workstyles. Outlook. Chapter 4. Older Workers- Blending Experience with Technology. The Silent Generation. Older Boomers. Growing Up Pre-Digital. Technology Issues Facing Older Workers. Why It Matters: Capturing Knowledge. Outlook. Chapter 5. Younger Workers- With Great Potential Comes Great Expectations. Who are the Millennials?Millennials and Technology. Millennials in the Workforce. Why It Matters: Managed Innovation. Outlook. Chapter 6. Generation X-ecutive: Leadership from the Outside In. Late-Wave Boomers. Generation X. GenX in the Workforce. Mid-Career Workers: Technology Created in their Image. Why It Matters: Becoming Leaders. Outlook. Chapter 7. Reintegrating Older Workers into the Connected Information Workplace. The Digital Age Gap. Serving the Technology Needs of Older Adults. Learning Style of Older Adults. First Steps. Moving Beyond the Basics. Bringing Skills and Experience to the Connected Workplace. Becoming Comfortable in the Digital Culture. Navigating Unmanaged Information Space. Connecting the Generations. Keeping Pace with Rapid Change. What Other Organizations can Learn from OATS. Outcomes. Chapter 8. Ambassadors of the Future: Turning to Younger Workers for Strategic Insights. Microsoft and the Future of Work. Scenario Planning. Following Up: Board of the Future 2005. Technology and Society: The Perception Study. Refining the Scenarios: Characters and Narratives. Forecasts. Outcomes. Chapter 9. Across the Digital Age Gap. Are you Clearly Explaining the Benefits of Technology?Are you providing a Business Context to your Technology Policies?Are you making the Technology Accessible to Everyone's Workstyle?Does your Organizational Culture Support your Technology Strategy?Are you Building Bridges, Not Walls?Final Thoughts. Index Summary Generation Blend explores the origins, characteristics, and implications of generational attitudes of people toward information technology and showcases two innovative approaches to bridging the generational-digital divide. It discusses approaches to technology that empower people of all ages to contribute their talent, knowledge, and experience to the workplace, and offers ways to foster productive intergenerational dialogue around business and technology issues Analysis Arbeitsmotivation Älterer Mensch Beschäftigung Einfluss Management Older people Attitudes Older people Employment Technische Innovation Technological innovations Technology and older people Notes Series from jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Older people -- Employment. Older people -- Attitudes Technological innovations. Technology and older people. Management. management. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management. Management Older people -- Attitudes Older people -- Employment Technological innovations Technology and older people Arbeitsmotivation Technische Innovation Älterer Arbeitnehmer Alternde Bevölkerung. Unternehmenskultur. USA. Informationstechnik. Innovation. Junge Arbeitskräfte. Ältere Arbeitskräfte. Qualifikation. Informationsmanagement. Arbeitsgestaltung. Personalmanagement. Form Electronic book LC no. 2007045582 ISBN 9780470285763 0470285761 1281204226 9781281204226 9786611204228 6611204229

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