Questions:

1. How can the young and the elder work together efficently?

2. What kind of jobs are given to the elder and to the young?

3. Why are people over 40 with lower education less employable than the younger with the same education?

4. Who is more discriminated at work; the young or the elder?

5. Is discrimination between the elder and the young in any way positive and if yes, why so?

6. Did the problem of generational conflict at work appear in the 21st century or was it already present in the past?

7. Is generational conflict a bigger problem in work collectives with higher or with lower education?

8. Do elder more experienced workers take advantage of the younger (less experienced) workers and make them do more work than necessary?

Distribution of tasks:

Simon will focus on question number 5 and 7. He will try to find out if different generations can work together efficiently despite their differences, and if education can corelate in any way to the problem of generational discrimination.

Lilijana will try to find out what kind of employment positions are given to the elder workforce and what kind to the younger.

Nejc will examine the history of generational conflict, and he will also study how elder workers can make younger do their work.

Tamara will study which group is more discriminated; the younger or the elder and she will also try to find out why people over 40 are less employable.

Blaž`s contribution will be finding out if the young and the elder can work together efficently.

Literature:

Discrimination attorney, Age Discrimination In The Workplace, http://www.discriminationattorney.com/age.html ( accessed 7th of November 2007).

Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za delo (2007) Delovnopravni pogled inšpekcijskega nadzora v zvezi s staranjem delovne sile, http://www.id.gov.si/fileadmin/id.gov.si/pageuploads/Varnost_in_zdravje_pri_delu/5_Konferenca/Starejsi_delavci-konferenca1_01.pdf (accessed 7th of November 2007).

Nadoh Bergoč Jana (2007) Interview with an assistant from FDV (3. 11. 2007).

Pečjak Vid (1998) Psihologija tretjega življenjskega obdobja, Znanstveni inštitut Filozofske fakultete Univerze, Ljubljana.

Škrbec Janina (2003) Diskriminacija starejših pri zaposlovanju, Ljubljana, FDV.

Glossary:

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Minutes:

THE MINUTES OF THE FIRST MEETING  OF TEAM 5

held on 11^th October 2007 at forum and e-mail

Present: Simon, Blaž, Nejc, Lilijana, Tamara

Absent: /

Agenda:

1. Revision of the completed assignments that has been done

2. Forming the definition of the problem

3. Writing the questions

4. Agenda for the next meeting

5. Any other business  

Item 1:

DISCUSSION:

We formed our group and chose the name for us. We distributed the roles and chose the topic of our Problem Based Learning project which is Discrimination and work - Generational Conflict.

Item 2:

DISCUSSION:

Simon and Lilijana formed the definition of our problem and wrote it on the forum.

DECISION:

We decided that the definition is appropriate, but perhaps we will further improve it in the future.

Item 3:

DISCUSSION:

Simon, Lilijana and Tamara each suggested two questions that could be relevant for our project.

DECISION:

Blaž and Nejc agreed with the questions.

Item 4:

DISCUSSION:

Nejc proposed that we should look for the literature and find it until the next meeting. We should all think about the focus of our project.

DECISION:

All the proposals were accepted.

Item 5:

DISCUSSION:

Blaž proposed that we should hold our next meeting on 15^th October 2007 at FDV library at 12.00.

DECISION:

We all agreed about our next meeting. The reserve date will be Thursday afternoon. Simon will put everything necessary on the wiki.

The next meeting will be held on 15^th October 2007 in the FDV library at noon.

Minutes taker: Tamara

Chair: Simon

THE MINUTES OF THE SECOND MEETING OF TEAM 5

held on 19^th October 2007 at FDV Library

Item 2:

DISCUSSION: More work must to be done. We discussed possible improvements of our project. All the present agreed that we should carry out an interview with Mrs. Jana Nadoh Bergoč, who is a very useful source of information in the area of human resource management.

DECISION: Simon is going to collect all parts of work and publish them in the wiki.  Tamara and Nejc are going to intensively search for more literature. Blaž is going to get some information on a very well known Slovenian company and study its organisation, problems and conflicts. Lilijana is going to publish the minutes till Saturday and contact Mrs. Jana Nadoh Bergoč.

Item 3:

DISCUSSION: We discussed practical aspects of our project. We will use an inquiry or an interview.

DECISION: All members of Team 5 (except Blaž who was absent) decided to think about questions for interview for Mrs. Jana Nadoh Bergoč till Wednesday. We are going to tell Blaž what we decided on our 2nd meeting.

Item 4:

DISCUSSION: We found some literature, which is suitable for our topic. The list of literature is written above (under Distribution of tasks).

DECISION: We will look for more literature.  

Item 5:

DISCUSSION: We agreed for the next meeting.

DECISION: The next meeting will be held on 26^th October 2007 in the FDV library at noon.

Minutes taker: Lilijana

Chair: Simon

THE MINUTES OF THE THIRD MEETING OF TEAM 5

held on 25^th October 2007 at FDV Library

Present: Simon, Lilijana, Tamara

absent: Blaž, Nejc

Item 2:

DISCUSSION: We found some phrases connected with labour. Each of us found 2 of them.

DECISION: If the phrases are not suitable, we will change them. They are written below.

Item 3:

DISCUSSION: We did not agree for the next meeeting because two of our members of the team were absent.

DECISION: The date of our next meeting will be determined by Thursday.