Contemporary Management Issues in the 21st Century: Roles and Impacts of ICT, Talent Acquisition, and Leadership in Tesco

CONTEMPORARY
MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN
THE 21ST CENTURY

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
1. The roles and impacts of information and communication technology in an organization.....3
2. Policies of talent acquisition, learning and development of management and change
management process in the context of Covid-19 ........................................................................4
3. Roles of a leader, in implementing new ideas.........................................................................5
4. Recommendations on new initiatives of Tesco.......................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
The covid pandemic has huge impact on the working of the organisation. It has lead to
changes in the organisation in various terms for getting back to the normal life and increasing the
profits of the company. The current report will be based on the Tesco, it is a retail store that
provides variety of the products to its customers (Tesco PLC.,2022). The report discusses the
roles of the information and communication technology for achieving the targets of the company
on time, further, it provides for the impact of the ICT on the working of the organisation and the
role of the leaders in improving the functioning of the organisation.
MAIN BODY
1. The roles and impacts of information and communication technology in an organization.
Information and communication has an important role in the modern society. ICT has
improved and changed the way of the communication with each other, how the information is
collected from the competitive environment (Zhang, and et. al 2022). The ICT has a huge impact
on every type of the businesses such as small, medium and large. There is the critical analysis of
the Impact of the information and technology on the social, political, economical factor of the
Tesco
ICT has great impact on the organization in the terms of the social, economical, and
political factor as the external environment of the company is linked with the functioning of the
organization. In the reference of the Tesco, the interaction among the employees has increased
due to the ICT. It has assured the development of the economy of the company as by employing
and adopting various new technologies the Tesco has gained competitive advantages in the
market. This is done by using internet, email facilities and other security of the Tesco.
Liberty of working remotely
Due to the covid pandemic, it has challenged the traditional working model of the
company. With the help of the ICT the employees of the company are now able to work from the
home. As for keeping the employees socially distanced, safe and protected the Tesco has
provided opportunities to its employees to work from home. For those employees who are not
required to work present physically. This has helped in saving the time and efforts of the
company. However, this has some negative impact as well that the employees may not work
effectively and efficiently while working from home.
This can be supported by the various theories as are described as follows: