Impact of COVID-19 on Business: A Study on Amazon

PROJECT REPORT
(Impact of COVID-19 on business. A study
on Amazon)
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ABSTRACT
The present research paper focuses on impact of COVID-19 on the employees as it describes
the ways how employees affected due to pandemic, various measures used by company to keep
their workforce and initiatives taken by them to take back their business on track. The main
purpose of the study is to identify the impact of COVID-19 on organisations, companies and
employees. The company constantly focuses on forming policies and methods to successfully
cope up with the situation and meet the needs of customers.
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Contents
ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................6
How workers have been affected?...............................................................................................6
What solutions have been found to solve the situation with distance and to keep workers safe?
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What are the ways that Amazon implemented to overcome the problems and challenges
encountered during the global pandemic?...................................................................................7
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................9
DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS..................................................................................................11
RECOMMENDATIONS...............................................................................................................15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCE................................................................................................................................17
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INTRODUCTION
COVID-19 is a severe disease which is very infectious caused by discovered coronavirus.
The person suffering with this disease experience illness in their respiratory system and recover
without specific treatment. This disease has caused sudden shut down of whole world as it is
spreading at a greater rate (Elrhim and Elsayed, 2020). This disease led organisation to reduce
their production process and some organisations has shut down permanently due to global
pandemic. The current research study would focus on investigating the impact of COVID-19 on
the business performance of business (Steffens, 2020).
Background of a company
Amazon is a multinational technology company that has whole focus on artificial
intelligence; cloud computing, streaming digitally and e-commerce. The company is founded in
5 July, 1994 by Jeff Bezos.
Rationale
The main motive behind conducting present research is to understand the impact of
COVID-19 on the business performance of an organisation as this pandemic has made
organisation to shut down their business for a longer period of time. With the current research
there are two perspectives which have been fulfilled and they are known by personal and
professional perspective. From the personal perspective it has helped me in learning and working
at tough situation in personal life and from the professional perspective I have learnt to work in
patience which would help me in my professional where I have to work in difficult and stressful
situation.
Aim and objectives of research
Aim of the research
“To investigate the impact of COVID-19 on business performance of the organisation”.
A study on Amazon
Objectives of the research
1. To analyse how workers of Amazon have been affected.
2. To identify the solutions found to solve the situation with distance and to keep workers
safe.
3. To determine the ways that Amazon implemented to overcome the problems and
challenges encountered during the global pandemic.
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