Generational+Understandings+-+A+better+understanding+of+Ourselves+and+Others

== =﻿= = = = = = Michael McQueen - Understanding the Generations @ School = @http://www.thenexgengroup.com/ info@thenextgengroup.com Ph: 1300 701 915

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2004 Gen Y arrived in the workplace and brought a very different attitude to work and their entitlements

Gen Y seem to have such a 'sense of entitlement'

Biggest generation gap is between Gen X and Gen Y

Gen X are the smallest group by % in Australia

Generational theory is the study if formative influences ie. the first 8-10 years of their life __**INFLUENCES**__ - The Depression - The Industrial revolution - The 'production line' workplace to work like big machines - The individual is a 'small cog in a big machine' and the individual had to play their role || - Frugal - Dutiful - Stoic - Hardworking - Proper - Waste not want not ||
 * || **Influences** || **Characteristics** ||
 * **The Builders** || - World wars
 * **Baby Boomers**

(Shaped the world we live in) || - Man on the moon - Television (sound + vision) (Leave it to Beaver, Father knows best etc) - The swinging 60's - The Pill - The Cold War || - Optimistic - Competitive (keeping up with the Jones') - Stylish - Assertive - Afraid of ageing ||
 * **Generation X**

(The Lost generation) || - Vietnam War - Alternate families (soaring divorce rates, both parents working etc) - The launch of the first PC - AIDS is given a name - The fabric of society fraying and changing/crumbling at the edges || - Skeptical - Pragmatic - Embrace change & risk - Value friendship and community often over family - Least engaged within the Church ||
 * **Generation Y**

(1979 - the International year of the child) || - Pampering from parents - The internet - The global village - Economic stability and prosperity ||  ||
 * **Generation Z**

(1999 - 2012?) ||  || - Tech savvy - Risk averse - Empowered - Worldly wise (prematurely mature) - Protected - Protected from negative emotions of: Disappointment Sorrow/Loss Boredom || media type="custom" key="8144436" align="center"