Sabtu, 28 April 2012

the reason we work

"Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying." - Studs Terkel, author & broadcaster

work one of the reasons we hear most often, namely to find the money for a decent living.

The reason we worked was probably not far from it but if money is the only reason why people work? According to Dave Ulrich, 'The Number 1 Management / HR Guru' BusinessWeek magazine and Wendy Ulrich in The Why of Work, the answer is no. Besides money, another reason is the search for meaning.

in order to live a decent life, because the work we can meet the needs that we need. even meet what we want.  

Kamis, 05 April 2012

Differentiation generation y, generation x, and baby boomers


  • Generation "Y" (1977 - present)

Apparently this term is used to present youths with births after 1977. They could be called the Millennium generation and interenet. His life is all-digital, everywhere carrying Ipod. Ears always gagged her name means "headset."




  • GenerationX(1965-1976)

Apparently the name comes from Jane Deverson research in the UK in 1964. He examined the behavior of young people who begin to fade when it's respect for "bonyok," do not like the Queen of England, to sleep before the marriage is "cool", came the music kind of punk that is considered phenomenal and this generation is called generation X with a span of 1965 to 1976.

Another characteristic fond of shopping, cluber weight. In the life span of this year came as hippies, hashish, marijuana, nudists so often referred to as the generation of oblique apathetic, cynical, gedombrongan. Philosophy of life "Work To Live" is not live to work. If traveling is always looking for challenges alias sensation. Snared characteristic neck scarf dresses, shoes keds and pocket books. They are impatient temperament.

The surplus on this generation of emerging attitudes and Technical Friendly enterprener such as PCs began to become known by this era.






  • Baby Boomer (1945-1964).
Said Baby Boomer seems to be taken after the war, Australians, Canadians, British and Americans as a race to make the child so that the birth rate "ngeboom."

This group of people, when traveling as studying the book. Handle passport, and if a trip is more like driving your own car let alone a double axle. In bag always tucked into travel brochures, maps and sometimes PDA.


The Y Generation

          Generation Y refers to the population group in the US born from somewhere around 1976 to around 2000. They are sometimes called echo boomers because some of them are the children of baby boomers. On the other hand, some Generation Y children, especially those born in the late 1980s or afterwards, may be the grandchildren of baby boomers. Other names for this group are the Millennials, the Internet Generation, and the abbreviated Gen Y or Gen Yers.
         There are some vagaries in defining Generation Y, as it can encompass two generations. A child born in 1976, probably to a true baby boomer, could easily have a child born in 1996, 20 years later. There’s no official consensus on the beginning or end term of Generation Y, and the term may be considered as a pejorative one, just as the term Generation X is sometimes used in a negative sense. Echo boomer may be inaccurate too, since the real rise in birth rates that defines many boomers having babies is much more limited. This increase in birthrates, approaching levels of the last years of the baby boom is defined as between 1989-1993, a much smaller span than that which defines Gen Y.
         All population groups tend to be tarred with generalizations, some accurate, and some completely missing the mark. This particular group has been called rude, retributive, and prone to childhood obesity and drug and alcohol abuse. While certainly a few Generation Y kids may have these issues, it’s a gross misconception to suggest this is true of all kids in this 24-year span. It would also be premature to make conclusive statements about this generation, since its youngest members are just now reaching their preteen years.
          What can be said about this group that is in no way pejorative is that they are the first group to come to age just as the Internet began to completely flower. They are thus familiar, usually from childhood, with not only Internet surfing, but also all the gadgets that have come along with it. Cellphones, electronic organizers, cable radio, hundreds of television stations, and many more things folks born before this period would consider novelties are just the basic staples of existence for a Generation Y kid or young adult.
         For this reason, advertisers to the Gen Y group specifically target this audience and see them as valuable current consumers or soon to be consumers. As a market, this group can have significant impact on spending, since 76 million people fall into the Gen Y category. Other trends that Generation Y seems to have impacted are things like the PG-13 rating, something that has only existed in the past few years. Film manufacturers often strive for the PG-13 rating, because to do so means they’ll attract the Gen Y audience, who are for the most part avid moviegoers and consistent spenders at the movies.
When Generation Y people are viewed in a negative light, this seems to be a reflection on the fact that they’ll comprise a significant amount of the workforce just as the last baby boomers hit the retirement age of 65. If Social Security stays in place, Gen Yers will be the ones paying into the system. With fewer people actually retiring at this age, conflict between the last baby boomers and Gen Y folks may certainly arise over competition for jobs. Concern may also exist about leaving the country in the hands of a group for which many negative generalizations exist. 

source : http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-generation-y.htm