Human Resource Management in Healthcare Industry

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Human Resource Management
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Executive Summary
This is a report on the human resource management of the health care industry. HRM plays
key role in organisational progress and employee management. The human workforce is the
back bone of health care organisations. They should be provided with all kind of support for
better productivity and work efficiency. The demographic changes in the countries could
effect this sector immensely. This report talks about the impact of these changes on health
care industry and how the HRM could help authority to face the challenge effectively.
Analysis has been made about this impact on job design and HR planning. The
recommendations are made from the discussion that states the demographic change
management aspects of the selected industry.

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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................3
Analysis of the potential impact of changing demography on the HR planning and job
design of Healthcare Industry........................................................................................3
Demographic Changes in the HR Practices...............................................................3
Effect of the changes..................................................................................................5
Theory related to the change management.................................................................6
Recommendations..........................................................................................................7
Conclusion......................................................................................................................9
Reference List..............................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Healthcare industry is one of the fastest and largest growing industry in Australian
and all over the world. Also known as medical industry or Health economy, this industry is
an integration of many sectors and services. This includes treating the patients with
preventive, curative, palliative and rehabilitative cares. The healthcare sectors commercialise
and generate goods and services that are used for the re-establishment and maintenance of
health. This industry is divided into many sectors according to their role and working process
to meet individual and community healthcare requirements. With the growing business of
healthcare services the revenue that this industry generates in the Australian countries are
more than $150bn. More than 785800 people are employed in this industry all over Australia
(Bradley et al. 2016). This massive outcomes shows the need of having an effective
management strategy for healthcare business. Human resource are the backbone of this
industry and managing them properly could be a challenging task. This report will talk about
the main demographic issues that could influences the future job design and HR planning.
Major demographic influences are discussed in order to understand the changing context of
healthcare business management.
Analysis of the potential impact of changing demography on the HR
planning and job design of Healthcare Industry
Demographic Changes in the HR Practices
Demographic change and the societal shifts have intensified the pressure on
healthcare HR system. Demographic factors are the socio-economic characters in a
population. These factors determine the labour condition, GDP and other economic aspects of
a country and an industry as well (Tummers et al., 2015). In the healthcare sectors, the