DOMINATED IN THE WORKPLACE

 

 

DOMINATED IN THE WORKPLACE

 

 

Even though you may be sick and tired of hearing about the “Gen Y” issue, you have no option but to take it seriously in the workplace.  The fact of the matter is, Generation Y is the largest bloc to enter the workforce since the boomers and they, just like every generation before and every generation to come, have different values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors.  The difference is that for this generation the attitudes, values, behaviors and beliefs are quite different than those traditionally held in the workplace environment; thus, workplaces across the globe and across industry are feeling the consequences. So, what do we know about this generation?

• 80 million boomers will retire over the next 20 years
• There are only 43 million Gen Xers
• The 72 million Gen Ys will therefore dominate the workforce for 40 years.

We also know that they have demands for increased flexibility, improved work/life integration, expectations for advancement  based on performance over seniority and desire for portfolio careers that allow for innovation, creativity, opportunity and experience. This is a reflection of the shifting business mindset and it’s time to rethink how to effectively engage and reengage people, how to manage people, how to develop people and how to create a workplace culture that help people thrive.

WHY DO YOU WORK…

WHY DO YOU WORK?

 

People work because they need money to live. What are some other reasons that people work.
In one way or another, all people around the world work for the ultimate purpose of seeking a better life. It is widely believed that people work solely for money. However, it is only one of the numerous important purposes of working, and oftentimes there is a lot of benefits that people obtain from working without even consciously realizing them. Nowadays, except for money, people still work for many reasons, including to understand and fulfill their responsibilities in society, to avoid wastefulness, and to keep their minds active.

For many people, the biggest benefit of working lies in a priceless lesson of responsibility. Through working, people learn how to be responsible, first to themselves, then to their families and the society. If working is all about money, why even kids from well-off families, Bill Gate’s for example, bother going to work even though they are guaranteed a wealthy future life whatsoever? It is because they want to be responsible for their own lives, to live on their labor, not on their parents’ fortune. Next, working gives them a strong sense of responsibility for their family and society. Family life is happiest when all members share family work and together contribute to make it a more comfortable and harmonious life. Likewise, a country is most prosperous when every citizen contributes their part to make it thrive.

Another important reason that makes people look for job is to understand the importance of producing property and avoid wastefulness. As a matter of fact, not working leads to indolence; indolence facilitates spending and extravagance. People who don’t work at all have nothing to keep themselves busy, hence often indulge in expensive entertainment, lavish shopping, and so on. Understanding this fact, many people, even privileged ones, choose to work to stay away from wastefulness, and to be helpful. In short, working, or living on what they created teaches them not only the value of labor and property, but also the importance of frugality and economy.

Last but not least, to work is to keep us active and in good shape. Working is about constantly learning and understanding things around us. When we stop working, we spend less time thinking and pondering about things that so far have deeply affected our lives. Soon knowledge is eroded, and our brains become idle and self-indulgent. As time goes on, we gradually lose concern about everything except ourselves. To prevent this from happening, some people, especially the old, still learn and work in various ways even though they have retired.

To sum up, working to most people are, although difficult, still rewarding because of the great benefits it brings about. Besides earning money, people also work for many important purposes, including to be aware of their duties, to steer clear from wastefulness, and to stay lively and active. Therefore, I would advise anyone to find a suitable work for themselves because working is the best way through which they can enjoy life

Generation X, Y, Z

Generations X,Y, Z and the Others
Reference by : William J. Schroer

 

 

Post-War Cohort
Born: 1928-1945
Coming of Age: 1946-1963
Age in 2012: 67 to 82
Current Population: 41 million (declining)
This generation had significant opportunities in jobs and education as the War ended and a post-war economic boom struck America. However, the growth in Cold War tensions, the potential for nuclear war and other never before seen threats led to levels of discomfort and uncertainty throughout the generation. Members of this group value security, comfort, and familiar, known activities and environments.

Boomers I or The Baby Boomers
Born: 1946-1954
Coming of Age: 1963-1972
Age in 2012: 58-66
Current Population: 33 million
For a long time the Baby Boomers were defined as those born between 1945 and 1964. That would make the generation huge (71 million) and encompass people who were 20 years apart in age. It didn’t compute to have those born in 1964 compared with those born in 1946. Life experiences were completely different. Attitudes, behaviors and society were vastly different. In effect, all the elements that help to define a cohort were violated by the broad span of years originally included in the concept of the Baby Boomers. The first Boomer segment is bounded by the Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations, the Civil Rights movements and the Vietnam War. Boomers I were in or protested the War. Boomers 2 or the Jones Generation missed the whole thing.

Boomers I had good economic opportunities and were largely optimistic about the potential for America and their own lives, the Vietnam War notwithstanding.

Boomers II or Generation Jones
Born: 1955-1965
Coming of Age: 1973-1983
Age in 2012: 47 to 57
Current Population: 49 million
This first post-Watergate generation lost much of its trust in government and optimistic views the Boomers I maintained. Economic struggles including the oil embargo of 1979 reinforced a sense of “I’m out for me” and narcissism and a focus on self-help and skepticism over media and institutions is representative of attitudes of this cohort. While Boomers I had Vietnam, Boomers II had AIDS as part of their rites of passage.
The youngest members of the Boomer II generation in fact did not have the benefits of the Boomer I class as many of the best jobs, opportunities, housing etc. were taken by the larger and earlier group. Both Gen X and Boomer II s suffer from this long shadow cast by Boomers I.

Generation X
Born: 1966-1976
Coming of Age: 1988-1994
Age in 2012: 3 to 46
Current Population: 41 million
Sometimes referred to as the “lost” generation, this was the first generation of “latchkey” kids, exposed to lots of daycare and divorce. Known as the generation with the lowest voting participation rate of any generation, Gen Xers were quoted by Newsweek as “the generation that dropped out without ever turning on the news or tuning in to the social issues around them.”

Gen X is often characterized by high levels of skepticism, “what’s in it for me” attitudes and a reputation for some of the worst music to ever gain popularity. Now, moving into adulthood William Morrow (Generations) cited the childhood divorce of many Gen Xers as “one of the most decisive experiences influencing how Gen Xers will shape their own families”.

Gen Xers are arguably the best educated generation with 29% obtaining a bachelor’s degree or higher (6% higher than the previous cohort). And, with that education and a growing maturity they are starting to form families with a higher level of caution and pragmatism than their parents demonstrated. Concerns run high over avoiding broken homes, kids growing up without a parent around and financial planning.

Generation Y, Echo Boomers or Millenniums
Born: 1977-1994
Coming of Age: 1998-2012
Age in 2012: 18 to 36
Current Population: 71 million
The largest cohort since the Baby Boomers, their high numbers reflect their births as that of their parent generation..the last of the Boomer Is and most of the Boomer II s. Gen Y kids are known as incredibly sophisticated, technology wise, immune to most traditional marketing and sales pitches…as they not only grew up with it all, they’ve seen it all and been exposed to it all since early childhood.

Gen Y members are much more racially and ethnically diverse and they are much more segmented as an audience aided by the rapid expansion in Cable TV channels, satellite radio, the Internet, e-zines, etc.

Gen Y are less brand loyal and the speed of the Internet has led the cohort to be similarly flexible and changing in its fashion, style consciousness and where and how it is communicated with.

Gen Y kids often raised in dual income or single parent families have been more involved in family purchases…everything from groceries to new cars. One in nine Gen Yers has a credit card co-signed by a parent.

Generation Z
Born: 1995-2012
Coming of Age: 2013-2020
Age in 2012: 8-17
Current Population: 23 million and growing rapidly
While we don’t know much about Gen Z yet…we know a lot about the environment they are growing up in. This highly diverse environment will make the grade schools of the next generation the most diverse ever. Higher levels of technology will make significant inroads in academics allowing for customized instruction, data mining of student histories to enable pinpoint diagnostics and remediation or accelerated achievement opportunities.

Gen Z kids will grow up with a highly sophisticated media and computer environment and will be more Internet savvy and expert than their Gen Y forerunners. More to come on Gen Z…stay tuned.

Next time we will start to take a more in-depth look at the most significant and impactful of the generational cohorts and what implications there might be for libraries and librarians.

 The difference is that for this generation the attitudes, values, behaviors and beliefs are quite different than those traditionally held in the workplace environment; thus, workplaces across the globe and across industry are feeling the consequences. So, what do we know about this generation?

• 80 million boomers will retire over the next 20 years
• There are only 43 million Gen Xers
• The 72 million Gen Ys will therefore dominate the workforce for 40 years.

 

The Raid

THE RAID (Redemption)

 

The Raid: Redemption (Indonesian: ”Serbuan maut”) is an Indonesian action film directed by Gareth Evans and starring Iko Uwais which was released worldwide in March 2012. This is the second collaboration of Evans and Uwais after their first action film, Merantau released in 2009. Both films showcase the traditional Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat. The fight choreographers of The Raid are Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian who also worked on Merantau. The U.S. release of the film features music by Mike Shinoda of nu metal band Linkin Park and Joseph Trapanese.

After its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), critics and audience alike hailed The Raid as one of the best action films in years

Due to a trademark issue in U.S. and the plan of a trilogy, the original English title for U.S. distribution has been slightly changed to The Raid: Redemption.

Plot

Deep in the heart of Jakarta‘s slums lies an impenetrable derelict apartment building which became a safe house for the city’s most dangerous murderers, killers and gangsters. The rundown apartment block has been considered untouchable by rivals of the notorious crime lord Tama Riyadi and even the police. It all changes when an elite team is tasked with raiding the building in order to take down Tama once and for all.

Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, devout Muslim, expectant father and rookie cop Rama and a 20 man SWAT team, led by Sergeant Jaka, arrive at the apartment block under the guidance of Lieutenant Wahyu. Starting from the ground floor and moving up, they slowly and tactfully infiltrate the apartment block until they reach the sixth floor. The team is spotted by a child who runs off to warn Tama and sounds an alarm before he is shot and killed.

Tama hears of the presence and announces to the whole block that he will grant sanctuary to those who kill the SWAT team. Sergeant Jaka soon learns that the mission was not sanctioned by the department but only by Lieutenant Wahyu, thus no reinforcements or rescue will ever arrive. After a lengthy battle the team is stranded on the 6th floor and left outnumbered, out of ammunition and being hunted down. The members that survived the ambush are: Sergeant Jaka, Lieutenant Wahyu, Bowo, Dagu and Rama. After narrowly escaping an explosion improvised by Rama that kills a large number of criminals, the team split into two groups: Jaka with Wahyu and Dagu on the 5th floor and Rama with Bowo finding safety on the 7th floor.

After Rama survives an attack by a machete gang while hiding in the apartment of the only resident who is a law-abiding citizen, he is captured by Andi, Tama’s right hand man. At the same time, Jaka and his group are found by Mad Dog, Tama’s ruthless henchman. Wahyu and Dagu get away as Mad Dog fights and eventually kills Jaka. Andi is revealed to be Rama’s estranged brother who chose to leave the family and left no trace of his whereabouts. Andi lets Rama know when it will be safe as he meets up with Mad Dog. Tama learns of the betrayal and stabs Andi through the hand before turning him over to Mad Dog (who already hated Andi) for disposal.

Rama regroups with Wahyu and Dagu and assault the 15th floor where Tama is located. Rama frees Andi from Mad Dog as he’s being beaten to death and the two have a lengthy fight that finally ends with Mad Dog being killed. Wahyu and Dagu grab Tama, and Wahyu promptly shoots and kills Dagu before telling Tama that the gangster is his ticket out of the building. Rama and Andi approach the two, while Tama gloats to Wahyu that he is just a nobody on a thoroughly corrupt police force, where many officers already do business with Tama and will continue to do so after they arrange for Wahyu to be either killed or arrested himself. Wahyu angrily ends this spiel when he murders the gangster, but his effort to commit suicide fails because his gun is out of bullets. Andi then orders the building residents to stand down and gathers information on corrupt cops for Rama, telling his brother that not every cop is rotten and giving the name of one officer who is a good man, implying the facts should go to him. Andi then walks Rama, Bowo and Wahyu out of the building, but declines Rama’s offer to join them. The cops head away and Andi returns to his uncertain future as the film ends.

Cast

• Iko Uwais as Rama, main protagonist and member of the rookie SWAT raid team who is hiding a (non-corrupt) secret.
• Donny Alamsyah as Andi, Tama’s right hand man and the brain of Tama’s narcotics business.
• Ray Sahetapy as Tama Riyadi, merciless and cunning druglord in charge of the criminal-sanctuary apartement building, main target of the SWAT raid operation, and the main antagonist.
• Yayan Ruhian as “Mad Dog”, Tama’s brutal hitman and right hand man with deadly fighting skills.
• Pierre Gruno as Lieutenant Wahyu, a corrupted senior police officer who ordered the ill-fated raid who has a history with the druglord Tama.
• Joe Taslim as Sergeant Jaka, team leader of the ill-fated SWAT raid operation.
• Tegar Satrya as Bowo, temperamental member of the rookie SWAT raid team.
• Eka “Piranha” Rahmadia as Dagu, member of the rookie SWAT raid team.
• Verdi Solaiman as Budi, member of the rookie SWAT raid team.
• Ananda George as Ari, member of the rookie SWAT raid team.

Production

Gareth Evans has been fascinated by Indonesian martial art of Silat and as a filmmaker he wanted to promote the little known art to international audience through his movies. Following Merantau, Evans and his producers were working on another Silat movie project called Berandal (eng: delinquent/thugs), a large scale prison gang movie intended to star not only Merantau stars Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian but also an additional pair of international fight stars. A teaser trailer was shot, but the project was proven a bit more complex and time consuming than anticipated. After a year and a half they couldn’t find enough money to start it. They then decided to find a new idea and make a different movie with all the money they already have. Rather than try to shoot Berandal on a limited budget and lose the scope and size they wanted from it, they would shift focus and tell a different story altogether, one they could make without sacrificing quality and keeping investors happy. Thus a new project called Serbuan Maut (The Raid) was conceived, with much lesser budget and simpler story than Berandal. Producer Ario Sagantoro considers the film to be lighter than the previous film, Merantau.

The pre-production process took about four months, including finalization of the script and the work on the choreography for fighting sequence which was designed by Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian. Actors that make up the key members of the SWAT team were sent to bootcamp military training with KOPASKA, going through intensive course to learn the basics of weapons use, strategic attacks and defense techniques.

Filming began in March 2011. The Raid was shot using Panasonic AF100.

Music

Score

While the film was still in production, in May 2011, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired the distribution rights of the film for the U.S. and tasked Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and Joseph Trapanese to create a new score for U.S. market.

The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival with the original score from the Indonesian version which was composed by Aria Prayogi and Fajar Yuskemal, who also composed Evan’s previous film, Merantau. The Raid made its debut in the U.S. with Trapanese and Shinoda’s version at Sundance 2012.

Soundtrack

On his blog, Mike Shinoda stated that the film consist of over 50 minutes of instrumental score and he found room at the end for two songs with vocals. He didn’t want to do sing or rap and decided to call on some friends.

On March 16, 2012, a new song for the film has leaked out online. The leaked track is titled “Razors Out” and features a guest turn from Deftones/††† frontman Chino Moreno. Another song is by GBC titled “Suicide Music” is also available.

Reception

Reviews for The Raid: Redemption have been highly positive. Based on 82 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film currently holds a 85% fresh rating, and an average score of 7.6/10. The website reported the critical consensus as “No frills and all thrills,” and lauded the film as “inventive action film expertly paced and edited for maximum entertainment.” Conversely, Roger Ebert gave the film a single star out of four, noting that “Welsh director, Gareth Evans, knows there’s a fanboy audience for his formula, in which special effects amp up the mayhem in senseless carnage”.In IMDB, this movie had a 7th place in “most popular action feature films” with 8.4 rating.

Awards

• Midnight Madness Award at TIFF 2011
• Dublin Film Critics Circle Best Film and Audience Award at Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF) 2012

U.S. remake

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired the distribution rights of the film for the U.S. and has tasked Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and Joseph Trapanese to create a new score. The distribution rights for other territories were also sold, including Alliance (Canada), Momentum (United Kingdom), Madman (Australia), SND (France), Kadokawa (Japan), Koch (Germany), HGC (China), and Calinos (Turkey). Deals have also been made with distributors from Russia, Scandinavia, Benelux, Iceland, Italy, Latin America, Korea and India during the film screening at the TIFF. A few months after Sony acquired the film’s North American distribution rights, it was announced by Hollywood Reporter that its subsidiary company, Screen Gems, is in negotiations to produce a Hollywood remake. The deal was sealed on November 2011 with Writer-director Gareth Evans will serve as an executive producer on the remake. XYZ Films – executive producers on the original Indonesian version – will be serving as producers on the English version. Screen Games also wants to get the same choreographers from The Raid involved with the remake.

Sequel

While developing The Raid in script form, Evans started to toy around with the idea of creating a link between it and the initial project; Berandal. And it’s now confirmed that Berandal will serve as a sequel to The Raid.Evans has also stated his intention to make a trilogy. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has pre-bought U.S., Latin American and Spanish rights to the upcoming sequel. Alliance/Momentum has pre-bought for the United Kingdom and Canada; Koch Media has acquired the film for German speaking territories; Korea Screen has pre-bought Korea; and HGC has pre-bought China. Deals for other major territories are also in negotiations.

Tentatively titled Berandal for the Indonesian market and as The Raid: Retaliation for U.S. market, the sequel will have a “significantly larger” budget than its predecessor, and its shooting schedule is to include approximately 100 days of physical production. The pre-production is expected to begin in September 2012 while the filming is expected in January 2013.