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Generations at Work: Managing the Clash of Veterans, Boomers, Xers, and Nexters in Your Workplace

by Ron Zemke

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IN OUR AGE-DIVERSE WORKPLACE OF CONFLICTING WORK ETHICS, dissimilar values, and idiosyncratic styles, this groundbreaking book supplies fresh, insightful strategies for understanding — and overcoming — generational differences.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and index.

Table of Contents

Dynamics of the multigenerational workplace. Old farts and upstarts: crisis in the cross-generational workplace — The veterans: what will the Colonel do now - work? retire? consult? — The baby boomers: Peter Pan grays at the temple — The gen Xers: absence and malice — The nexters: chilling out and cheering up — Case studies in generational peace. Where mixed generations work well together — Advice-o-plenty. The plight of Charlie Roth: a cross-generational workforce case study — Making the cross-generational workplace work: twenty-one often-asked questions - and some very practical answers — Afterword. Predicting the cross-generational future — Appendix A. Inventory: How cross-generationally friendly is your work group, department, business, or organization? — Appendix B. Web resources across the generations.

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bruce_kanoza, February 3, 2009 (view all comments by bruce_kanoza)
I though the book was right on target. I’m a Boomer and work with a group of X’s. We do have issues every day and I don’t understand why I have to change when they (X’S) don’t even care to change. My manager put all the issues of change on me (he's 35) go figure.
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ISBN:
9780814404805
Subtitle:
Managing the Clash of Veterans, Boomers, Xers, Nexters in Your Workplace
Author:
Zemke, Ron
Author:
Filipczak, Bob
Author:
Raines, Claire
Publisher:
AMACOM/American Management Association
Location:
New York, NY :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Management
Subject:
Human Resources & Personnel Management
Subject:
Supervision of employees
Subject:
Diversity in the workplace
Subject:
Age groups
Subject:
Conflict of generations
Subject:
Age groups -- United States.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
106-111
Publication Date:
October 1999
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
9.26x6.32x1.13 in. 1.22 lbs.

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