Alfred Miller

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Main idea 1 Employers disregard older staff

Main idea 2

no longer given the opportunity to lead teams

ideas he brings up at the meetings are ignored

marginalised

Unable to contribute anything valuable to organisations

managements now prefers to hire youner, cheaper workers

Reading Comprehension Question 1-8

Main idea 3:
Loyalty in the past & Instability in the present

permanent workers and salaried employees

  1. He will be retiring this year and he successfully adopted every technological change.

little movement between companies

If you were loyal, you have a job for life

never fear for financial security

many of the friends are fired

Its difficult to adapt the management position for young women.

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a.Women have a different ways of communicating and managing.

c. Women may have difficulty juggling family and work.

b. Strange to be taking orders from someone young enough to be his daughter.

  1. Alfred found it easy to adapt to the technological changes in the workplace.
  1. Some of the changes have made him feel uncomfortable, but he has managed to keep up with all developments.
  1. 1) His grandfather says: the only alternative to growth and change is death. 2) Alfred thinks it would be a mistake to claim that working life was much better in the past. 3)Ture. Nowadays, there are lots of changes in this society, we need to accommodate and improving constantly.
  1. In Alfred's opinion, the older workers were considered unable to contribute anything valuable to organizations.
  1. 1) Alfred also found it difficult to cope with the increasing number of young women in management positions. 2) Alfred stated that taking orders from someone young enough to be his daughter was strange. 3) Alfred is now accustomed to this new reality and even enjoys it.
  1. Alfred is 65.
  1. 1) The biggest and most challenging change has been the trend towards a lack of job security. 2) However, the majority of workers were permanent, salaried employees. 3) Alfred generation, they had a very difficult time finding employment