Explaining employer behaviour in youth transitions into the labour market – Professor David Wilson, OUBS and Professor Melanie Simms, University of Leicester Championing better work and working lives – Peter Cheese, CIPD (focusing on ‘baby boomers’ in this segment) Taking stock of stereotypes – Dr Rebecca Whiting, OUBS Steps towards a living pension – ProfessorContinue reading “Video highlights from our masterclass on ‘leading and managing in age diverse organisations’”
Tag Archives: Age at Work
How to manage multi-generational workplaces?
Guest blogger: Murray Eldridge, Open University MBA Alumnus, Head of Commercial and Operations at Subsea Infrastructure and Director of Actinium CS Ltd. Author of ‘Leading High Performance’. Questions abound around Boomers, GenX’ers, Millennials and how to manage multi-generational workplaces? We may be forgiven for thinking that this is a new problem of the modern eraContinue reading “How to manage multi-generational workplaces?”
How can managers effectively harness the human capital they bring to enhance operational effectiveness?
Guest blogger: Gerard McGurk, Open University Business School MBA Alumnus and member of our Alumni Council, Consular Regional Director – Middle East & North Africa at Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The workplace in 2015 is facing a unique opportunity (not challenge) in so far as it will have four generations (or waves) of employees (listedContinue reading “How can managers effectively harness the human capital they bring to enhance operational effectiveness?”
Motivating a Multigenerational Workforce in the 21st Century
Originally posted on Longnecker & Associates blog. One of the biggest challenges in companies today is how to successfully motivate employees. No other time in modern history has the corporate landscape been as diverse as it is now with multiple generations coming together in the workplace. There are four unique generations that make up today’sContinue reading “Motivating a Multigenerational Workforce in the 21st Century”
Challenges of age diversity at work
Guest blogger: Dr Katrina Pritchard, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Studies at The Open University Business School. Dr Pritchard will be facilitating our forthcoming Business Perspectives masterclass in London in February. Hardly a day goes by without the UK press highlighting issues associated with the changing age demographics of the UK population. My Open University colleague,Continue reading “Challenges of age diversity at work”
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