BUAD309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Baby Boomers, Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Millennials

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUAD309
• Professor: Levandusky, Natalie

Document Summary

Diversity: the variety of observable and unobservable similarities and differences among people. There are five types of diversity, not just surface level diversity: surface level: can be seen directly. Age, gender, race, typically do not change: deep level: can"t be seen directly. Religion, values, skills, goals, may change: separation: differences in position or opinion, variety: meaningful differences in a certain type or category. How can we come together as a team to work this out, studies: disparity: differences in concentration of valuable assets. Age diversity: reverse mentoring, pairing a junior (entry level) employee with a senior (beyond age, maybe more experienced) employee to transfer technical/computer skills from the junior employee to the senior one. Different generations include: seniors: 1922-1943, baby boomers: 1943-1963, generation x: 1964-1980, generation y/ millennials: 1980-2000. Culture: a set of shared values that help people in a group, organization, or society understand which actions are considered acceptable and which are deemed unacceptable. cultures.