It has been claimed that workers over 50 are not responsive to rapidly changing ideas in the modern workplace and for this reason younger workers are preferred. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Replacing the elder people with younger ones in the organizations can be viewed in either of the two directions. We observe in the past 60 years retirement age has gradually decreased from 62 years to 59 years thereby giving opportunities for younger ones to get into the organizations and get their feet wet. The reason for these changes is due to the increase in population, globalization, foreign direct investments etc.
Due to the drastic progress achieved in the science and technology and to cope with the increasing competition among the global market, the work culture in various organizational sectors has been upgraded thereby replacing the workforce with efficient resources like machinery, skilled labour etc. to achieve the results within the required span of time. In order to get bigger benefits the thought process of higher officials has to be changed to implement new techniques, which is possible by employing younger people, as they are ones who are more exposed to the upcoming technology, having an enthusiasm and zeal to learn things and can stretch to adapt the changes much earlier than the elder ones. The new work culture involves both physical and psychological stress which has to be sustained which is not possible by the elder work-force with their increasing age and less flexibility to accustom with changes and growing demands.
But this doesn't discard the people who are approaching their retirement age. They are the ones who have gained an enormous experience, can persuade the younger generations by their contributions and achievements. Retirement is only to provide a pavement for new people to face the new challenges.
Replacing the elder people with younger ones in the organizations can be viewed in either of the two directions. We observe in the past 60 years retirement age has gradually decreased from 62 years to 59 years thereby giving opportunities for younger ones to get into the organizations and get their feet wet. The reason for these changes is due to the increase in population, globalization, foreign direct investments etc.
Due to the drastic progress achieved in the science and technology and to cope with the increasing competition among the global market, the work culture in various organizational sectors has been upgraded thereby replacing the workforce with efficient resources like machinery, skilled labour etc. to achieve the results within the required span of time. In order to get bigger benefits the thought process of higher officials has to be changed to implement new techniques, which is possible by employing younger people, as they are ones who are more exposed to the upcoming technology, having an enthusiasm and zeal to learn things and can stretch to adapt the changes much earlier than the elder ones. The new work culture involves both physical and psychological stress which has to be sustained which is not possible by the elder work-force with their increasing age and less flexibility to accustom with changes and growing demands.
But this doesn't discard the people who are approaching their retirement age. They are the ones who have gained an enormous experience, can persuade the younger generations by their contributions and achievements. Retirement is only to provide a pavement for new people to face the new challenges.