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Population and Workforce Planning - BUS828 - 2018 Course Handbook - Macquarie University

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Population and Workforce Planning - BUS828

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 major databases.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day

Staff Contact(s): Associate Professor Nick Parr
Prerequisites:

BUS651 or MKTG696 Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

NCCW(s): DEM800
Unit Designation(s):

Commerce

Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Marketing and Management

Faculty of Business and Economics

Course structures, including unit offerings, are subject to change.
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