Leading and Managing Organisational Resources during COVID-19

BSS064-6 Leading and
Managing Organisational
Resources

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Business Report...........................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
MAIN BODY
Business Report
This is observed that the pandemic of COVID-19 has impacted large number of
companies and especially the workforce planning. This was also observed that the companies
fired majority of the employees because of the financial crisis which do not made the people
capable to pay the employees. Some of the companies have even replaced the full-time
employees with contingent workers as a measure of cost-saving (Bartsch and et.al., 2020). But
the main thing is there is no expected date for this pandemic to end so as the things became
somewhat normal, it is the responsibility of the leaders and the managers to implement their
leadership styles and create more tailored responses for coping up with workforce challenges so
that the companies can increase their goodwill.
The main thing to be focussed must be the basic needs of stability, safety and security of
its employees so that they can live in a healthy environment with heathy colleagues. These needs
are evolving day by day as the organizations are entering the next phases of the recovery. This
was noted that as the people were restricted to go to office and work, the companies have started
the strategy of work from home which also gives flexibility to the employees and also gave
various opportunities to the company as they do not have to stop their services in this pandemic.
It was also observed that the employees who are working from home have increased their
productivity and performance.
This means that due to flexibility, they started giving their best in all the tasks allotted to the
employees. This shows that the people working from home can give more outcomes to the
company as compared to the people who work in remotely. From the perspective of the
organisations, these provided various benefits but the experience of the employees cannot be
neglected in this tough time as they faced a very great change in the workplace settings from
office to homes (The importance of Workforce Transformation in a COVID-19 world, 2020).
They expressed their opinions as they are affecting their daily work lives materially but still the
different people have varied experiences, outcomes and perspectives.
But there are various opportunities coming due to the return phase of this crucial time of
pandemic. At this time, the leaders and managers must rethink about the employees’ experience
in such a way that they respect the differences of the individuals like skills, capabilities, home
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