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Many groups make up a diverse workforce. One of the elements of groups is age. There are currently four generations in the workforce. Imagine that you are in the Human Resource Department and have been asked to suggest ways to address the needs and desires of the different generations. Present your ideas in a memo format. Include all your ideas, how they would be implemented, and how each would be evaluated for effectiveness.

The generations would include the Baby Boomers (1946-1964), the Xers (1965-1977), the Yers (1978-1986), and the Millennials (Born after 1987). Each generation brings some good qualities. For example, the baby boomers bring a perspective of "pay your dues" while the Xers are socially conscious (Forman & Carlin, n.d.).

How can the different perspectives be addressed for each group to maximize this element of a diverse workforce?

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Introduction
Globalization is a growing trend in today's organizations. It is essential for the growth and development of an organization. To attain high profit margins and greater productivity, more and more organizations are entering into the global markets and this gives rise to global transactions, which in turn result in a global economy (French, 1987). The role of human resource is very important in managing this global economic change in the world. But it is not an easy task to handle such economic forces in action (Halloran & Jack, 1998). It poses a number of challenges in front of the human resource manager. Diversity is one of the most importance challenges for HR managers (Mauss, Cook, Cheng & Gross, 2007).
Diversity means variety or a wide range of variations in the society, culture, religious, organization, age etc. It is a term of different variety and characteristics, personality, perceptions, human nature, organism (Carmen, 1993). Due to the cross culture traditions and variety in the perception of humans, diversity develops some kind of difference among people from the different countries (Mauss, Cook, Cheng & Gross, 2007).
Cultural differences take place among people due to the differences in the language, traditions, dresses, values, ethics, beliefs, behavior of society, gender preference etc. (Alesina & Ferrara, 2005). Changes and varieties are good for the development of the society but if the diversity creates discrimination and bias, then it would be harmful for both development of the society and an individual (Mauss, Cook, Cheng & Gross, 2007). In the society or organizations, the higher authority discriminate between people on the basis of race, color, religion, developed culture, gender, status, which is inappropriate (Carmen, 1993).
One of the most important aspects of diversity is different age groups. Due to the difference in the age, people face discrimination in the society and environment and then it would not be ethical and appropriate (Alesina & Ferrara, 2005)). Different age groups have different perspective and views, which are really a challenging job for HR managers.
Different Groups of Generation
There are mainly four age groups in the society that leads diversity in the organizations Baby Boomers (1946-1964), the Xers (1965-1977), the Yers (1978-1986), and the Millennials (Born after 1987).
Baby Boomers: Baby boomer is a term used to depict persons who are born between the year 1946 and 1964. IT can be defined as the American generation of 1950s (Welcome to Cafe Baby Boomers, 2009). In the period of 2nd World War, countries experienced a remarkable raise in the birth rates; this happening is normally known as the baby boom. The first Baby Boomer will hit the retirement age in the year 2011 (Welcome to Cafe Baby Boomers, 2009). Due to the social change in the society of United States of America, these boomers grew up with their own culture, values, society, ethics, perspectives, etc. (Broder, 2007).
The Generation X (Xers): Generation X is known as those people who were born after the baby boom ended between the 1965 and 1977 (Shin, 2008). This generation is also recognized as baby bust in the United States of America because the lower birth rate in comparison to baby boomers (Stephey, 2008). These are very much different from the past generation and teenagers live together and sleep together before their marriage. Their ...

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