Assignment:
Assume that you are the Director of Human Resources for a Fortune 500 firm (a Fortune 500 firm is one of the 500 largest firms in the U.S.). You and the senior management team at your firm have noticed increasing tensions between the different generations in your employee workforce. Most of the managers are Baby Boomers or Generation X while much of the professional staff are Generation Y ("millennials").
Further, a new generation, known as "Generation Z" is entering the workforce. They are beginning to be entrylevel employees now but a substantive fraction of them will, of course, be promoted into management over time. The senior management team, including the CEO, has asked you to conduct a preliminary analysis of this new Generation Z. The conclusions and recommendations of your report could be used widely in firm especially but not only in the areas of attraction, retention, and development of employees.
Write a brief management analysis report to the senior management team that informs them about the issues surrounding Generation Z, and what might be done to change company practices or otherwise address issues of Generation Z proactively. That is, using the language of our class, describe (explain or predict) specific examples of management skills or abilities that you think are needed-either among the existing (non-generation Z) managers and employees or among the new Generation Z employees themselves-along with possible suggestions for future interventions. Be certain to touch upon how new opportunities can be leveraged and new threats can be overcome.