Session 5: The new generation of employees
Topic:
- What insights can be drawn from competitive sports at the highest level for people management and leadership?
- How can companies respond to new generations of employees and their expectations?
- In-class assignment: Case 3 What skills have you practiced in your hobbies that may prove beneficial in your subsequent career?
Visitor:
Sami Itani, Country manager of Finland, Adecco and President, Finnish Athletics
Reading(s):
Schroth, H. (2019) Are you ready for Gen Z in the workplace? Californian Management Review, 61(3): 5-18
Submit an individual reflection paper in which you reflect on the learnings from your reading of the assigned literature for each session. For each chapter and article the paper should contain:
1. Own learning points (i.e. what did YOU learn when reading the material)
2. Questions/issues that you would like to discuss during the session, as well as reasons why you think these questions/issues are worthy of discussion
Format: 200-250 words per chapter/article
Deadline: The reflection paper has to be uploaded to the assignment submission box in MyCourses on 9.3 (23:59).
Reading:
Schroth, H. (2019) Are you ready for Gen Z in the workplace? Californian Management Review, 61(3): 5-18
- FileSession 5 slides FilePDF document
Session 5 slides, end of slide is the information and instruction for compensatory case assignment.