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‘Managing the Greys’: The Changing Focus of Human Resource Management in Comtemporary Organisations within Regional Western Australia

By Chutarat Inma and Vicki Drury.

Published by The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management

The implications of an ageing society and its ageing workforce are a focal issue on the international agenda. This issue has presented a tremendous challenge to the industrialised nations as the cumulative effects are beginning to escalate. The impact of the ageing workforce could be more severe for business corporations in regional areas and because of other social issues specific to those areas. In this paper, we describe the background to the issues and present the workforce analysis of two regional organisations. This study explores patterns associated with health and safety factors in employees over the age of 45 years in two regional organisations in Western Australia. Purposeful samples of the older employees and employers’ representatives were recruited. Data was collected through face-to-face interviews, documentary analysis of human resources policies and relevant statistical data. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis are used to analyse quantitative data and thematic analysis is used for qualitative data. The findings seem to divert the management attention from the traditional workforce issues of older workers’ safety and health to the issue of knowledge management within the multi-generation workforce. This validates the importance of the ageing workforce issue both in physical and intellectual sense. There is a need for a long-term strategic plan and vision in relation to all levels of employees both from within the individual companies and across regional industry

The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Volume 7, Issue 10, pp.1-8. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 647.135KB).

Dr. Chutarat Inma

Division of Health Scineces, Murdoch University, Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia

Vicki Drury

Research Associate, Division of Health Sciences, Murdoch University, Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia