by Ted Eytan, on 19 Jun 2006 05:47 am
The Journey
Generation Y Will Demand LEAN
In reading about various management approaches, I was referred to an article in the November 6, 2005 edition of USA Today “Generation Y They’ve arrived at work with a new attitude.”
One quote I particularly liked it the following:
“Generation Y is much less likely to respond to the traditional command-and-control type of management still popular in much of today’s workforce,” says Jordan Kaplan, an associate managerial science professor at Long Island University-Brooklyn in New York. “They’ve grown up questioning their parents, and now they’re questioning their employers. They don’t know how to shut up, which is great, but that’s aggravating to the 50-year-old manager who says, ‘Do it and do it now.’”
When we think about the staff that we work with today, we need to think about the staff we are working with tomorrow. It’s estimated that Gen Y individuals were born between 1978 and 2000. This means that some of these individuals are now entering the medical profession as physicians and nurses and other staff.
Source:”Generation Y They’ve arrived at work with a new attitude.” (MONEY) USA Today, Nov 7, 2005 p01B.
on 20 Jun 2006 at 5:01 pm 1.Lee Fried said …
Being a generation Y’r (1978) I would have to say that this sterotype fits me well. I am not well suited to comand-and-control, I don’t often shut up and I love to “just do things.” It will be an interesting and chaotic world when the Y’rs are in charge.
on 20 Jun 2006 at 8:27 pm 2.Ted Eytan said …
It seems that the Gen Y’ers are already changing the world right where they are