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    Fergusons second part of the argument addresses how the younger generation views the older. Ferguson says, “the first citizens in the new nation dismiss the immediate past and everyone associated with it,” (536). He goes on to say that Irving used that idea and made sure to make Rip become a nobody while he was a sleep for 20 years. To support this argument, Ferguson uses quotes from Tom Paine’s “Common Sense” to show that this new generation does not want to follow the past and how he “invites every

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    It is a habit for the older generation to compare today’s society to their own, and often time, it is not in the favor of the youth. A prominent though is that the current generation is being corrupted by technology and because of it are at a disadvantage intellectual. One certain critic, Mark Bauerlein, in his book, The Dumbest Generation, makes a bold claim that anyone under thirty are part of a generation dumber than any before. However, studies show a different trend. Technology is not lowering

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    Abstract- Managing Diversity in the workplace requires a lot of focus, training, and time. This paper gives an insight into the world of management and how diversity plays a big part. It explores the key benefits to putting emphasis on diversity and also how not putting emphasis on diversity could hurt your business. This paper also gives examples on how to go about managing diversity in the workplace. With proper focus on managing diversity, your organization can be at a big advantage. I. INTRODUCTION

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    Age Bias In The Workplace

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    second perspective discusses the age-bias associated with older workers relative to technology training. The third perspective focuses on how organizations are adapting to the change and realigning training needs. The Aging Workforce According to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics (2013) the 45-54 and 55+ workforce has been increasing since 1996, and is expected to continue increasing based

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    The Generation Gap Picture this: you are twenty two years old. You just graduated from college and you are about to start your first real job. You need money desperately to pay off your mountainous pile of student debt but more importantly, your phone just broke this morning when you were ordering your daily low-fat, non-dairy mocha macchiato and you need to buy the new iPhone. You haven’t been able to check Twitter in over three hours and the anxiety of not knowing what new offensive tweet from

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    A generation is all of the people who were born about a certain time and living about a certain time, collectively experiencing the same time period. Since each generation is born in different times it can cause issues on the features of the american life such as Social Security. As the United States government set up the Social Security program in 1937, it has been very aged since then. At that time, the Social Security system was able to pay its retirees a five hundred yield on the money they contributed

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    hypothesize that it does. However, not directly; rather it is the generational differences that are based on age that have a much larger impact on treatment recommendations. More specifically though, I believe that oncologists of older generations are more likely to choose older, perhaps more aggressive treatment options compared to their to their younger colleagues. Ideally, the best methods of conducting research on this subject would be studies involving a very large number of oncologists. However

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    While interviewing an individual from another generation, my father, I learned a lot about how the world has changed over the past years. Many things such as events that had happened during their prime years actually still affect people today. It is amazing and shocking to see the differences that have come about in the past 60 years. The views in working, education, role models, and life changing moments have all changed over time. While interviewing my father I had many interesting statistics

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    Generation Z For Generation Z there is no actual memory of black and white tv or a world without social media, it is all history and stories we have been told, this makes us unique compared to past generations. Every generation has a turning point or an event that defines and shapes them. For Millennials, this event is September 11 of 2001, therefore, for the youngest generation this is part of history and we are not able to comprehend how millennials relate to this incident. For us, our even is

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    Generational Differences: “If you don’t think generation makes a difference, think of this example. When asked to recall how and where Kennedy died, the Veterans and Baby Boomers would say gunshots in Dallas, Texas; Generation X remembers a plane crash near Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.; and Milinials might say, “Kennedy who?” (FDUMagazine Online, p. 2) Each individual generation brings different values and skills to the table, but the pronounced differences can cause conflict within the workplace.

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