Human Resource Management in AirAsia Airlines

Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Human Resource Management
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Introduction
The essay helps in analysis of the different kind of challenges in the labour demand
along with supply that is posed by the globalization along with different kind of demographic
and environmental changes. Proper role of the human resource planning is required to be
done in an effectual manner as this will help in solving the different kind of focus on the
scenario planning along with analysis of the globalization on the external changes that is
faced by the Australian businesses.
The main aim and purpose of the essay helps in analysing the importance of the
human resource planning in the AirAsia Airlines that is based in Malaysia. Proper succession
planning is essential in nature wherein this will help in understanding and solving the
different external and internal issues in an effectual manner.
The structure of the essay includes the different kind of impact on the human resource
management planning and the balance of both the internal and external factors that affects the
strategic human resource planning of the respective organization named AirAsia Airlines
based in Malaysia.
Overview of AirAsia Airlines
AirAsia is one of the low-cost Malaysian airlines that is headquartered in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. It is one of the largest airline companies in Malaysia by destinations and
fleet size. It was founded in the year 1996 in the month of November. The slogan of the
respective company is Now Everyone Can Fly. There are more than 17000 employees who
are working under AirAsia Airlines in Malaysia and it began the operations of the company
from 18th of November in the year 1996 ("AirAsia | Book cheap flights online to over 120
destinations!", 2018). The revenue generated by AirAsia Airlines is 5.01 billion/US$ 1.12
billion and this created net income of RM 1.574 billion/US$ 354 million.

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Major external and internal changes by AirAsia Airlines
There are different kind of several kind of factors that create a huge impact on the
human resource management planning of AirAsia Airlines. It creates a delicate balance
between both the internal and external factors that affects the planning of the human resource
management of AirAsia Airlines. For example: the different kind of internal factors would be
defined as the organizational climate along with culture. However, the external environment
would include the ever-changing demographic kind of trend and it increases the demand for
the workforce that is more diverse in nature (Agarwal & Islam, 2015).
There are different kind of dynamic kind of global trends and it becomes imperative
in nature wherein the entire outlook along with the different kind of strategies employed by
the officials and management of the human resource planning of the respective organization
are overhauled in nature as well. It is basically based on the internal and external demands of
the environment. Globalization is one of the major issues that has to be analysed effectually
as this causes different kind of issues both in internal and external kind of environment of the
business of AirAsia (McCracken, Currie & Harrison, 2016).
There is added impetus that will put the entire organization named AirAsia and this
helps the organization in relying on particular brand of the manpower that helps in
characterising the core values that include knowledge, experience, dexterity along with
loyalty to maneuver different kind of situations that is challenging for AirAsia. It has been
seen that AirAsia is struggling in retaining the important and efficient employees in their
organization that is owing to different kind of environment factors that is external in nature
(Oladapo, 2014).
Issues related to Employee Turnover