Impact of Demographic Factor on Future HR Planning and Job Design: Drake Australia PTY Ltd

Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Impact of Demographic Factor on Future HR Planning and Job Design: Drake
Australia PTY Ltd
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Analysis of the Potential Impacts of Changing Demography on the HR Planning and Job
Design of Drake Australia Pty Ltd.............................................................................................2
3. Recommendations for addressing the Identified Impacts......................................................6
4. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................8
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1. Introduction
Drake International Pty Ltd is a popular organization in Australia that offers human
resources solutions to each stage of employee lifecycle. The Drake Universe of talent
management solutions can be used for assisting their employees to enhance performance and
productivity and thus increasing business profitability (Drake International. 2019). The
organization was established in the year of 1951 in Canada and currently they are operating
in eleven international countries in the entire world. They have twenty two branch locations
and the national head office is present in Melbourne, Australia. The success of HR
practitioners is highly dependent on impact of agility to respond to every emerging challenge
that has occurred in the organizational external and internal environments (Drake
International. 2019). The following report outlines a brief discussion on the impact of major
demographic changes that affect future HR planning and job design of Drake Australia Pty
Ltd. A set of justified recommendations would also be provided in this report.
2. Analysis of the Potential Impacts of Changing Demography on the HR Planning and
Job Design of Drake Australia Pty Ltd
Drake Australia Pty Ltd, although being one of the most popular organizations in
Australia, has to deal with various human resource management issues and challenges. They
try to eradicate or remove all of these challenges, however few of such issues can have
potential impacts on the organization itself (Noe et al., 2017). One of such significant issue is
change in demography. The entire process of human resource planning and job designing is
being highly impacted due to this type of changes in demography. A proper management of
diversity refers to the range of leadership and management, which aim to value diversity in
work force and thus helping the organization for becoming more successful (Cascio, 2015).
There are some of the major challenges that occur in the external and internal environment of

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the company. This demographic change can often become quite problematic for the entire HR
processes in the respective organization. The main objective to manage diversity is to
encourage organizational productivity as well as beneficial interaction amongst the
employees so that these employees are value with different backgrounds, skill sets and
requirements (Bratton & Gold, 2017). It is required to produce optimal benefits for the staff
and even for the customers that they are serving.
The main and the most significant demographic changes that are required to be
considered are as follows:
i) Change in Family Structure: The first and the foremost demographic change that
is needed to be considered in the business of Drake Australia Pty Ltd. In present days, family
structures are changing and they are conflicting with the existing structures (Budhwar &
Debrah, 2013). One parent families are quite common and parents have to juggle work,
household chores, child care and parenting.
ii) Aging Population: Another significant demographic change is aging population.
This factor highly impacts business of Drake Australia in every aspect (Brewster, Chung &
Sparrow, 2016). Since, they provide talent management solutions and training for the
customers, this particular demographic change could be extremely effective for the overall
HR planning and assessment.
iii) Lesser Social Service Support: People with lesser social service support like
people with disabilities, issues related to stress and health together comprise of another issue
of demographic use.
iv) Labour Force Diversification: According to Aswathappa (2013), the ethnic and
religious diversification and participation of women is always kept on top priority for the
employees or staff in human resource practices within Drake Australia Pty Ltd.