Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Revision date: 4-Mar-2013
Length: 8 pages
Topics:
Generation Y; Relationship management
Abstract
For teaching purposes, this is the case-only version of the HBR case study. Josh Lewis, a young staffer at Rising Entertainment, is frustrated because his boss, marketing chief Sarah Bennett, won't listen to his ideas about using new media to promote films. She's trapped in the 1990s, he thinks, when people actually watched network TV! Rushing through his assignment for a team presentation, he works up a plan and pitches it to the CEO in the hallway. The CEO loves it, but Sarah is upset with Josh for going over her head - and submitting subpar work on the presentation. How can these members of two different generations work together effectively?
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Abstract
For teaching purposes, this is the case-only version of the HBR case study. Josh Lewis, a young staffer at Rising Entertainment, is frustrated because his boss, marketing chief Sarah Bennett, won't listen to his ideas about using new media to promote films. She's trapped in the 1990s, he thinks, when people actually watched network TV! Rushing through his assignment for a team presentation, he works up a plan and pitches it to the CEO in the hallway. The CEO loves it, but Sarah is upset with Josh for going over her head - and submitting subpar work on the presentation. How can these members of two different generations work together effectively?