For the first time ever multiple generations are working hand in hand. Of these, two generations are traditionalist and baby boomers. Each generation has its own ideals, conflicting ideals. These differing ideals in turn create a generation gap, causing conflict in families, schools, and in the workplace.…
Nancy Gibbs of Time magazine, in the article “Generation Next,” explains that the baby-boomers (ages 50-65) and the millennials (ages 19-29) have a great generational gap perceived by the young people of both eras. She points out how young people from both generations socialized, judged conventions and traditions, position their political and religious views, and the way millennials and baby boomers anticipate their future to be. She explains that a similar percentage of young people from both generations perceive a wide gap from their elders; however, Gibbs argues that the difference in the opinions between young and old people in the two generations is based in many divergent aspects (72). In fact, Gibbs discusses three…
Different times in society have different views on things. Generation gaps have a lot to do with how we explain things in our lives. These attitudes are related to conditions in society. Change the conditions and our views will change with them. The winds of social change affect what we think and feel and what we do—and how we relate to one another.…
And finally generational, older and younger generations a have different attitudes and experiences that reflect the historical period in which they live.…
At the heart of the challenge are the very differences of the generations. These differences impact how we manage and lead these individuals, and how we interact with each other everyday. It is critical to have a solid understanding of the generational differences. The benefits of understanding and adopting methods for managing such differences will lead to positive results, and help…
While the article stresses the differences for each generation, she evaluations which generations should work well together and why. Again, she argues the historical events surrounding each generation and why she feels these events might cause similarities between members of each group. For example, she compares the outlook of the generation that came through the Great Depression to be similar to the younger generation that saw their parents lose jobs in the late 1990s. She emphasizes that similarities like this make these generations more compatible because they share attitudes about the economic strife they…
Experts don’t always agree on the specific years to include in each generation (Crampton & Hodge, 2006), but they do agree that each generation has its own principles, behaviors, expectations, conventions and motivators.…
An important idea in the expositon of this novel is the idea of the generation gap and how parents and children have differnt idea about what is right and wrong. How do your idea about life differ from those of your parents and even your grandparents?…
Modern life has improved since the 1950’s. This period is quite memorable for a lot of things, the more famous of which being the flared trousers Elvis Presley, the icon of rock and roll and pop music, brought into style. There were many positives and negatives of living in the 1950’s, but it is clear that modern life has been a great step forward from those times. Firstly, the general aspects of life such as money, crime, racism and drugs, were viewed very differently in the past. Secondly life today may not be as simple as the 1950’s, but huge leaps have been made in technology, medicine and education. Finally, the word ‘community’ has developed a very different definition to the past, as we have overcome the racial, religious and gender inequalities that separated us as people; modern life has improved in leaps and bounds since the 1950’s.…
The term generation can be defined as ‘a group of people or cohorts who share birth years and experiences as they move through time together’ (Kupperschmidt, 2000). According to Edmunds and Turner (2005) this definition indicates that generational units or cohorts tend to share a common outlook e.g. views, values and attitudes.…
Online banking has revolutionized personal finances, investments and retirement planning. The days of personal bankers, tellers and checkbooks have been all but erased from our lives, replaced by a website, at our fingertips capable of handling every element of personal finance available 24/7. From the comfort of one’s own home, an individual can transfer money anywhere in the world, shift their investment portfolio from emerging markets to national manufacturing, pay their utility bills and apply for a mortgage to buy their dream home.…
It is truly amazing how fast new ideas can manifest themselves in such a mysterious world filled with mystery and opportunities. These ideas are able to take on the world by full throttle with the strong encouragement of particular communities and groups of people. Within the finance world, new technologies have had such a substantial impact in a vast amount of areas. The ways of doing things are growingly simpler thanks to the massive contribution to this technology age where tasks are done in an instant. More specifically, banking has become increasingly more popular in the United States thanks to the added convenience of being able to access banking services right from your very mobile or electronic device. Mobile banking has become so popular that it has grown over 50% in the past year amongst a variety of demographics (Crowl 1). The role that this has had on people has been vital, especially since the world is becoming increasingly busier within every aspect. People do not have the time they used to frequently call their banker or stop by a retail branch. A bank in many ways is defined by its number of services. The ability for banks to offer these options has the ability to spread its user base while even spread its customer loyalty. Looking into the future, there are many questions that have arisen, with the majority being security concerns. But in terms of now, mobile banking has been on a steady and trending line thanks to the emergence of technology.…
Technology has considerably changed every aspect of people’s lives – how to communicate, how to research, even everyday tasks such as banking. Traditional banking and all it includes is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Bill payment, account alerts, and money transfers are a few services that are now offered through online banking. The services available online vary from bank to bank. Most of the general services are on all banking websites but the larger banks contain more control over the money.…
Technology have changed and molded each and everyone of us. The habits we have now formed have never been seen half a century ago. Hence, it is time for our company to identify these new trends and secure the next generation of consumer. In recent years, Smartphone usage have skyrocketed, this is mainly due to the reason of the rising trend of low cost Smartphones (Srivastava, 2014). With more people having the access to Smartphones, internet usage on the go have also greatly increased and therefore sparked an increase in e-commerce due to the ease of access to the internet.…
It has been rightly said that we spend the first half of our lives trying to understand the older generation, and the rest half in understanding the younger generation. Every age has its own charm. Youth has always felt somewhat exasperated with age and age has always been suspicious of youth. With their natural ebullience and impatience, a majority of young people are keen to act and learn on their own rather being guided by the experience of elders. The older people being more at home with words rather than action often make noises about the youth being impatient and rude. In every generation, old men are found to shaking their hoary heads and waxing nostalgic about the good old days when youth of their time knew better and showed due reverence to age and tradition.…