This unit will cover topics such as: the sources of demographic, labour force and economic data; the age and sex distributions of populations and workforces; the uses of methods of standardisation in the analysis of mortality and labour force data; fertility patterns and their interrelationships with workforce participation patterns; migration patterns and their effects on populations and workforces; population and workforce projections; population ageing and its workforce planning implications; and a range of case studies of the use of demographics in workforce planning. Students will have hands-on experience accessing and analysing census data at national, state and local levels using... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Nick Parr
Prerequisites: BUS651 or MKTG696 or admission to MCom or MIntBus or MEc or MActPrac prior to 2011<br/>
