RE: dba mgt woes
- From: "Billy Verreynne (JW)" <VerreyB@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:26:08 +0200
Johnson, George wrote:
> My tuppence worth.
<snipped>
Found my nodding my head in agreement on this George.
At the 10G/new Metalink Support launch locally some months ago they
had a guess speaker who is a communications expert. He went into the
"generation gap" issue. Was fascinating.
He classified each generation ito of what is important to them. Newer
generations did not live under the threat of nuclear war. Do not
recall the Berlin Wall. HIV/AIDS have always been around. Older and
newer generations each dealing with very different sets of problems,
with different social and moral values, different goals in life and so
on.
What he said about the generation group I fell into made a lot of
sense.. and when he explained the newer generations I could
immediately identify those characteristics that I have observed in
many of my co-workers who are younger than me. The lack of what I
would call committment in solving a problem, but instead "passing the
buck". However, as he described the newer generations it became clear
that my perceptions are rooted in my generation's "value system" and
that these new people do not see this as either a lack of committment
or passing the buck - simply because their value system is so very
different than mine and yours.
Unfortunately I cannot recall everything he said and presented
(including adverts that personified the value system of each
generation) - but it was fascinating and gave me a new perspective on
the conflicting issues in the work place. Still does not make it
easier to deal with what the issues that you raise George... dealing
wuth juniors that seem to lack when it comes to helping themselves to
manuals, rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands greasy and
dirty and gaining experience that way.
--
Billy
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