As a pre-assignment, you were asked to write three to five statements that reflected your thoughts on the following questions.

Question One

Generation X has an interesting position in the workplace. About 48 million strong, they are a much smaller group than the Baby Boomers (about 76 million), and nowhere near as large as the 80 million that make up the Millennials. Since the Millennials are going to be drawn from heavily to fill the gaps left behind by retiring Boomers, workplaces will be managed, from an age dynamic at least, by the small group of Generation X. What do you suppose the Silent Generation would have to say about all of this?

Review your statements now. Has anything changed since completing the Pre-Assignment?

Question Two

Here are the generations in order of the first year that children were born in that generation.

• The Silent Generation
• Baby Boomers
• Generation X
• Millennials
• Generation Z