Our 20th year.

• Author: McCorkle, Vern
• Position: From the Publisher

In this issue, we preview two new, regular features that will appear in Alaska Business Monthly as it notes its 20th year of publication in 2004. We hope you'll enjoy reading the new columns and that each may be of help to managers of business and an inspiration to all of our readers.

One of the columns will be researched and written by Lynne Curry, Ph.D. A renowned author, lecturer and columnist, Dr. Curry's popular columns have appeared regularly in other general news publications on a wide variety of contemporary topics.

For ABM, Dr. Curry will focus on matters of interest to business leaders, generally offering commentary and advice on organizational and personnel topics of management concern. Her inaugural column addresses the relationships between younger employees and managers, members of generation X and generation Y, and older managers who trained when times and attitudes were far different from what they are now. It often becomes a problem, when two age groups must work together but don't know how to talk to each other, or even know why each thinks as they do. It's great stuff, and begins on page 30.

Secondly, as a result of UAA's College of Business and Public Policy's zeal to strengthen ties between the...