Changing Approach to Human Resource Principles in Mobile Internet Generation (i –generation)

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DOI: 10.21522/TIJMG.2015.05.02.Art001

Authors : Sam Bodunrin

Abstract:

People and culture are expedient in work place and they determine how strong or successful any organization is in terms of talent wealth and people optimization. However, the paradigm shift of managing talent in new age of mobile internet generation (i – generation) is drastically eroding from what we used to know and the ability of organizations to swiftly realize and catch-up with this innovative trend will determine their survival strategy in competitive Red Ocean.

The purpose of this research work is focused on the new trend of work culture in i-generation and compares the evolution of change in various categories relating to functions in a Human Resource Management.

Furthermore, a research survey was conducted to establish how this mobile generation thinks and their most preferred medium of doing things regarding work pattern. The result of our findings was shared in this article with the reaction of most millennia agreed to prefer being reached out to work via their mobile phones or social media which they access mostly.

The article also matched other work areas such as performance management in mobile generation, employee productivity and engagement, learning system via clouding and virtual method, resourcing and social media impact in i-generation, talent value as related to intellectual property compares to stock option for the big bosses, virtual work efficiency against traditional physical office amongst others.

Keywords: I-Generation, Millennial, Mobile-Internet Generation, Talent, HR Evolution, Baby Boomers and Gen X.

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