Baby Boomer Case Study

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Memo
To: Section Managers
CC: Carl Davis
From: Michael Johnson
Date: 04 Nov 15

Re: How to Develop Managers Who Feel Underutilized

Baby Boomers have often been portrayed as a generation full of exploration, optimism, and achievement. They did pursue higher education and career interests in the hope of attaining opportunity, stability, and prosperity in their adult lives. While they did enjoy these aspects of life during the 80s and 90s, the workplace at the moment has changed tremendously thanks to globalization and the advent of technology. Most of the Baby Boomers are now in their 50s and 60s and are at the peak of their careers thus they want to be managers. However, the workplace has changed greatly and is adapting very young managers in their twenties who are technology savvy. The Baby Boomers think they are side-lined or underutilized in the workplace. There are several solutions to make this generation of baby boomers feel useful once again. …show more content…

Since the baby boomers are aging quite fast, it is not likely that monetary compensation will be first in their lists. This is a different generation from the current young generation who most likely would prefer monetary compensation to other things. The older generations prefer work assignments that may seem to give back to the community as well as learning or researching. Therefore, the benefit packages for the company ought to look for the specific things that make each generation feel

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