Influence of Millennial on Shaping the Workplace Culture

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Influence of Millennial on Shaping the Workplace Culture
(A Case Study of Atlantic Methanol Production Company System)
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Abstract
The study focuses on the influence of the millennial in shaping the organisational culture. With
the special reference of Atlantic Methanol Production Company System, the study identifies the
characteristics of the millennial and their influence on the organisational cultures. Every
generation seeks the distinct set of benefits from their associated employees. Millennial fulfill
such demands of the organisations in today’s date. It is also noticeable that these millennial value
the corporate cultures more than any other generation.
Considering such scenario, the millennial are characterized into some of the specific forms. First,
the most observable characteristic of the millennial is their inclination towards the technological
tools. In this section of the study, the appropriate research methods will be discussed by
developing the ideas about the appropriate research philosophy, approach, techniques, and data
collection method.
By conducting learning and development program the millennial can give effective
demonstration on how advanced technology and chronological database is effective enough in
making the entire business process successful. On the other hand, maintaining a group discussion
session would enable the millennial in understanding the psychological views of seniors.

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Acknowledgement
I would like to thank my professors and the fellow teammates for making progress in this
research study. This journey was quite promising that enabled my analytical skills.
I am quite thankful to the authority and employees of The Atlantic Methanol Production
Company System who allowed me to take the interview and conduct survey. This journey will be
helpful for my future prospects.
Thank You

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................5
1.1 Background of the Research......................................................................................................5
1.2 Research Rationale....................................................................................................................7
1.3 Research Aim.............................................................................................................................7
1.4 Research Objectives...................................................................................................................7
1.5 Research Questions....................................................................................................................8
1.6 Research Hypothesis..................................................................................................................8
1.7 Summary....................................................................................................................................8
2.0 Literature Review......................................................................................................................9
2.1 Concept of Millennial................................................................................................................9
2.1.1 Characteristics of Millennial within the workplace..............................................................11
2.1.2 Generation Theory................................................................................................................13
2.2 Organisational Culture.............................................................................................................13
2.2.1 Types of Organisational Cultures.........................................................................................14
2.3 Influence of the millennial on re-shaping the organisational culture......................................15
2.4 Gap in the Literature................................................................................................................17
3.0 Research Methodology............................................................................................................18
3.1 Research Philosophy................................................................................................................18
3.2 Research Approach..................................................................................................................18
3.3 Research Design......................................................................................................................19
3.4 Data collection.........................................................................................................................20
3.5 Sampling..................................................................................................................................20

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3.6 Data analysis techniques..........................................................................................................21
3.7 Validity and reliability.............................................................................................................22
3.8 Limitation................................................................................................................................23
3.9 Time frame...............................................................................................................................23
4.0 Findings and Analysis..............................................................................................................25
4.1 Quantitative questionnaire.......................................................................................................25
4.1.1 Questions on Millennials......................................................................................................28
4.1.2 Questions on organizational culture.....................................................................................34
4.2 Regression analysis..................................................................................................................39
4.4 Summary..................................................................................................................................45
5.0 Conclusion and Recommendations..........................................................................................46
5.1 Conclusion...............................................................................................................................46
5.3 Recommendations....................................................................................................................49
5.4 Limitations and future scope...................................................................................................51
References......................................................................................................................................53
Appendix........................................................................................................................................59

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Chapter 1: Introduction
The advancements brought to the globalised business world require the advanced
thinking and innovative skills to make the considerable progress. Millennial are often criticized
for their efficiency and dependency on the technological world. Despite the criticism, it is
noticeable that this new generation has been contributing much efficiently towards shaping the
globalised scenario in future (Buzza 2017). It is anticipated that by the year of 2020, almost half
of the working populations will be driven by millennial. The individuals would then start
managing their own companies in a more frequent way (Culiberg and Mihelič 2016). The study
will thus focus on the influence of the millennial in shaping the organisational culture. The
development of the research aims and objectives will provide the fruitful insights for conducting
the research in a systematic way. Considering the research scenario and problem, the study will
also identify the suitable research method and data collection techniques. The ideas obtained
from the literature will also be aligned with findings received from primary data collection
process.
1.1 Background of the Research
The current advancements in the business world are driven by the latest technologies and
systematic business functionalities. Millennial are much fond of developing innovations while
organizing the workplace functions. Despite the criticisms, they are more likely experiment the
new ideas to bring innovations and make progress. They are not only working within an
organisation, they believe in making differences. According to Rao (2017), each organisation
associates the employees with the organisational functions to overreach the goals and mission.
Millennial are always ambitious in nature due to which they try to identify the various forms of
performing the organisational functions. Madara, Maheshwari and Selvan (2018) argued that

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millennial often eliminate the traditional organisational methods and shape a new culture. They
are much fond of establishing the flexible working approaches that creates the comfort zone
among the associates for the betterment of the work functions (Ozcelik 2015). They are pushing
the conversation about flexible work. Moreover, in supporting the techniques used by the
Millennial, Gibson and Sodeman (2014) stated that millennial work more proficiently to
encourage the human resource management to establish the high-performance culture. The entire
study will thus focus on understanding the considerable influence of the millennial in shaping the
company culture.
The case study is based on Atlantic Methanol Production Company LL (AMPCO),
which operates a world scale plant. This West Africa based company started their production in
the year of 2001. It produces almost 1,000,000 metric tons of methanols every year. It affiliates
AMPCO marketing LLC and AMPCO services LLC (Atlanticmethanol.com 2018). The
company is much associated with the millennial that are continuously finding the innovative
ways to take the active participation in the competitive scenario. They are even much focused
towards the values and goals of the company to make the difference in a competitive landscape.
The effective recruitment and integration strategies are followed for associating the talents and
millennial group. The company focuses on three major strategies, such as safety focus, learning
and development, and reliability (Atlanticmethanol.com 2018). The millennial group is
concentrating on making more innovative approaches for the future prospects. However, the
various obstructions are sometimes affecting the business culture. The study will thus investigate
the impacts of these millennial efficiencies for shaping the corporate culture.

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1.2 Research Rationale
Millennial are always involved with the innovative working approaches to make the
repeated progress in a competitive scenario. The maintenance of the faster pace for managing
organisational functions is thus often criticized. Huyler et al. (2015) argued that the fixation of
the focus towards technologies is eliminating the traditional approach and reliability on the
workforce. It is also stated that the millennial have a considerable egocentricity that might affect
the organisational principles. It is estimated that by the year of 2020, the millennial will take up
almost 50% population of the workforce. Hight (2017) discussed that the unique personality
traits and the individual working style of the millennial creates the drastic influence on the
corporate culture within a workplace. However, in order to keep pace with the repeated
innovations in the competitive landscape, the workforce in Atlantic Methanol Production
Company System has been undertaking the changes in the cultural values. However, this change
in the business culture sometimes affects the profitable outcome of the organisational
performance if not managed properly (Frederick 2018). The study will thus investigate the
challenges and impacts brought to the company by the millennial.
1.3 Research Aim
The aim of the research is to identify the influence of the millennial in shaping the
corporate culture of Atlantic Methanol Production Company System. The study also attempts to
recognize the changes brought to the company due to the diverse working styles and individual
personality traits of the millennial.
1.4 Research Objectives
 To identify the basic characteristics of the millennial in the workplace