It has been claimed that workers over 50 years are not responsive to rapidly changing ideas in the modern workplace and for this reason younger workers are to be preferred. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant example from your own experience of knowledge.

The belief that employees over 50 years that

work

in contemporary offices do not react positively to changes and because of

this

,

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,

opportunities are passed on to their younger colleagues. I agreed totally

to

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with

the above as older colleagues tend to be stuck in the past ways of doing their

work

that they miss out on career and

work

improvements training

opportunites

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

opportunities

and new ideas. They feel that the way things were done during their prime was better and more effective. Most of the older workers are enmeshed in their responsibilities with no time for learning new things, are not abreast of the latest changes in their professions. So when fresh ideas or opportunities are presented at

work

, they resent it because of lack of knowledge and inability to interact with the new and radical changes in the

proffession

the body of people in a learned occupation

profession

professions

and occupation.

For example

, a senior

supervior

one who supervises or has charge and direction of

supervisor

of a food processing company opposed the new idea of shortening the production process by 5 hours cutting out 5 obsolete machines and introducing one machine that can do the

work

of the 5

old

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older

machines. He came up with several reasons why that would be

impossible despite

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impossible, despite

been

the state or fact of existing

being

shown various examples of other companies that have adopted same machines and increased

thier

of them or themselves

their

tear

production. The management had to promote a younger colleague who had supported

this

new move and was eager to

work

with the new machine. The junior worker is now managing the new process. Most workers over 50years oppose new knowledge and innovation because they feel they know better and have the experience to show for it. They are more reluctant to take risks and are adverse to charting the unknown.