“Business leaders need to be aware of the history and reality of the generation gap that exists in today’s workforce. Exploring the... [more]
“Business leaders need to be aware of the history and reality of the generation gap that exists in today’s workforce. Exploring the problems, solutions, and strategies to help overcome issues of the generation gap is part of the responsibility of organizational managers. Closing the generation gap in your workplace requires your employees to recognize the particularities of each other, in order to find common ground. As a manager it is your job to facilitate the development process of creating an effective group of people, despite the differences in their ages and experiences. In this course, students explore problems, solutions, and strategies to help overcome issues of the generation gap. In order to eliminate boundaries that have developed in their team due to age related issues, it is essential to consider how the generation gap came to be.”