Interim Chair, Accounting and MIS. Alfred Lerner College o

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Succession Planning What do you do when the
baby boomers retire? 

• Dr. Jack J. Baroudi
• Professor of MIS
• Interim Chair, Accounting and MIS
• Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics
• University of Delaware
• December 5, 2008

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What Happens When Gen Y Joins a Boomer Company?

• The Devil Wears Prada
• Miranda (Meryl Streep) aging Boomer Boss
• Annie( Anne Hathaway) Gen Y upstart
• ? The danger of assumptions

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What Happens When Gen X joins a Gen Y Company?

• Google
• The typical assumptions we have about companies
  dont work
• We need a new road map to keep from getting
  lost
• Many of us dont make it or even get it

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What is succession planning in a Gen Y company?

• Too soon to know
• or
• Are we blinded by our assumptions about careers,
  values, goals, structure, technology

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How do you conceptualize a world you have never
lived in?

• Ubiquitous computing
• Cloud computing
• Organizations with no physical presence
• Organizations as disposable building blocks
• Organizations as temporary
• A world of contractors guru.com
• Virtual worlds and workplaces
• Simulations as reality
• What is work anyways