Rene,
What management theory omits today is the lack of a work ethic in Generation Y.
According to Margie (2010, p. 5) “As the baby boomer generation gives way to the Y generation, companies are now forced to change the way they operate to one that caters to a new generation of customers.” Generation Y is an entitlement generation, who expect something for nothing. Research shows this over and over.The Baby Boomers at least had a work ethic. This is not the case with Generation Y. Yet our management theory rests on the assumption that all workers, regardless of age, can be self-disciplined workers. I dispute this, and I am not alone in this.
In short, our current management theory about delegation, empowerment is false. It seeks to manage people who do not exist any longer.
Yes, the first article raises an important question. How is Generation Y different from Baby Boomers? The claim that Generation Y will be the richest generation in history because it knows how to use computers has no basis in fact. As your humble servant here argues, Generation Y will play video games before it will do hard work. Without hard work, Generation Y will be unable to compete with China, where people still have a work ethic. Contrary to popular belief and practice in America, in the final analysis, we must work for what we get. The Chinese will work. Generation Y will not. These trendy opinion pieces frankly annoy your humble servant. They, however, raise important questions through their defects.
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