The title of the article that I chose was “Bridging the gap in the workplace: How I learned to stop worrying and love working with the millennial generation.” This was written by Dr. Thanakorn Jiresevijinda at Weill medical College through Cornell University. The purpose of the article was to explain to the reader how to create a more connected work environment through acceptance of the millennial generation.
Dr. Thanakorn uses examples from his own personal experience to elucidate the frustrations that many folks of Generation X have with the millennial group on-the-job. Some of the frustrations included their use of technology and different preferences of communication. Another topic he discusses is the craving for the feedback that Gen Y desires. He poses the problem of how their desire for feedback may be misconstrued as the students caring more about their grade than their education and ability to help the patients in need. Dr. Thanakorn then explains how even though he could relate with the frustrations, he was able to identify a multitude of positive traits that this new generation possesses. He was then able to leverage these positive characteristics to create a workplace of synergy between multiple generations.
Articles like these are important as they strive to improve the interpersonal relationships between generations in our organizations. This will inevitably become more important as a new generation enters the workplace. Generation Z, Millennials, and Gen X will have to continue to find ways to accept the abilities and differences of each other to succeed in a rapidly changing world
A solid start, Dan. A few things as you continue to revise:
1) we could use more definition of your source (the link isn’t working for me, so I can’t check it out, but we need your explanation anyway)–what kind of publication does this appear in? what’s the nature of the research it’s based on? how would you characterize the author’s project?
2) continue with your analysis here to show us how this would be worth incorporating into our growing body of knowledge on diversity and organizational culture. We haven’t heard much about the importance of diversity of age–walk us through it.
3) as you develop your full post, make sure to include a usable link or an embedded PDF of the article
4) as you develop the post, remember to incorporate some kind of media component (a link, video clip, image) that will enhance our understanding of this issue. See my post from earlier this week if you have questions about what that might look like: https://ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu/summer2020/2020/06/09/drafting-your-unit-1-blog-post/