Contemporary Management Issues in the 21st Century

CONTEMPORARY
MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN
THE 21ST CENTURY

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Role and impact of information and communication technology on the management of the
workforce.....................................................................................................................................3
Existing policies of the company in terms of talent acquisition, learning, and change
management process....................................................................................................................4
Role of leaders in change implementation...................................................................................5
Recommendations of new initiatives in new normal for an organization...................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
In the contemporary world, different factors of the business environment are having an
influence on the businesses operating across the globe. Covid-19 is one of the greatest eventsin
world history which has affected all the industries to a greater extent. This report wouldfocus on
explaining how the companies would be accepting the new normal and will workaccording to it
(Imhanzenobe, 2021). Teddy Edward is a UK-based retail company that is operating at the global
level (Hayes,2018). This report will focus on teddy Edward andwill explain how the different
strategies are required to be used by the company for managingthe new pattern of working in the
post-covid-19 era and how they can accept the changes.
MAIN BODY
Role and impact of information and communication technology on the management of the
workforce
Information and communication technology (ICT) is the foundation and a component of
modern computing. It is widely acknowledged by all devices, such as networking components,
apps, and system, which allows an organisation and a person to be combined.
ICT has a significant influence on worforce.
Economic, societal, and interpersonal, workforce interactions are all aided by ICT. After
the consequences, it has caused a significant shift in how people work, communicate, learn, and
live. ICT contributes to a company's economic development and growth. In the case of teddy
edward, information technology has aided the company's growth and development (Al-Ali, and
et.al., 2017). It also assists teddy edward in delivering novel and faster ways of communicating
with people, as well as creating new networks and obtaining access to information.
Working from home gives it more flexibility. The ability to access the company's
network remotely is provided by ICT. It allows employees the freedom and flexibility to do work
even if they are not physically present in the organization. It is a benefit to teddy edward
employees that they can complete their task even when they are not at work. Many times, it will
have a negative influence as well, because giving employees too much freedom can lead to
significant losses for teddy edward, such as the employees' carefree attitude when working from
home. This will have a negative influence on teddy Edward management.
The technological acceptance model
The model of technological acceptance describes user's willingness to adopt and use
technology. The user's desire to use technology is the subject of this approach. Its goal is to get
users' attention so they can use new emerging technologies (Baker, and Judge, 2020). The
application of this paradigm in teddy Edward will aid the organization's growth by utilising new