Analysing COVID-19's Impact on Business and Employee Behaviour

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on the business environment, focusing on organizational behavior, employee engagement, and talent management. It examines how the pandemic has influenced working conditions, highlighting the challenges faced by businesses, including health and safety concerns and financial issues. The report delves into the psychological effects of the pandemic on employees, such as increased anxiety and changes in work styles. Furthermore, it offers practical recommendations for overcoming these challenges, emphasizing the importance of adapting business psychology models to address issues like attention, focus, and flexibility. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the need for proactive strategies to navigate the evolving business landscape.

Business Psychology

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
Analyse that how the COVID-19 impact working environment of the Business organisational
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Analysis of the organisational area and functions which majorly influence by the COVID-19 2
Recommendation to overcome business environment challenges which is cased by the
COVID-19..............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is the culture and nature of the organisational human resources
and directors that how they performance their duties and behave in the organisational in context
to their responsibility and team management (Ahmed, 2021). This is manage the the leaders and
HR manager of the organisational according to the changing environment. There are the various
environmental factors like micro and macro factors which are influencing the organisational
behaviour. In Present business environment organisational are facing huge changes in the
psychological behaviour of the employees and all-other managing directors. Due to which it has
to be manage with effective management strategies. In this report different challenges of the
COVID-19 in context to the organisational strategy, employees engagement and talent
management is going to be assess. Evaluation of these challenges and impact is going to be done
in order to identify the way of overcoming these issues.
Analyse that how the COVID-19 impact working environment of the Business organisational
At present situation COVID-19 is the leading environmental factor which is impacting
the organisational environment and behaviour. From 2019 health concern of the Government and
health care organisational placed different barriers to the social gathering such as organisational
get impacted in terms of the night careful. In context to which they closed their night sifts. Then
due to the safety concern and guidelines business organisational invested higher on health and
safety measures (Bloch, 2021). Then due to the Lock-down most of the business organisational
closed their workplace. Some IT and calling work is managed by the help of work from home
strategies.
Lock-down- due to the Lock-down business economy is got highly impacted because
most of the business work is can not be possible by work from home. So this was the leading
factor of the organisational change. Work from home is impacting behaviour of employees
related to their working style.
Risk of the infection- In the time of unlock business organisational open but most of the
employees left the job due to the fare of death. Some employees are continuously coming but
their working behaviour completely changed. Employees performance is getting effected by the
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psychological impact of the COVID-19. Such as the some of the employees posses higher fear
for the social gathering and insist to work from home.
Analysis of the organisational area and functions which majorly influence by the COVID-19
Organisational change- This is the most important concept of business organization this
involves the different actions and activity's of the manager and managing directors. On the basis
of the changing environment and business psychology. Implementation of changes is can be
difficult or easily spending on the type of environmental forces and its requirement.
Employee engagement- This is another most important concept of the business
organization. This is basically involves the strength of organisational and there environment to
engage their employees for effective and passionate performance. This is type of encouraging
and committing environment under which employees work with higher interest and efforts.
Talent management- Talent management is the process of HR practices which use for
the development, motivation of the employees through which employees skills is can be improve
and result as the productive performance (Herring and et. al. 2020). Training and development
programmes of the business organisational is highly impacting by the COVID-19. Such as this is
become difficult to make social gathering of the employees for training and motivation. All these
organisational management and development area is faced huge challenges due to some negative
impacts illustrated below.
Health and safety- Due to the COVID-19 health and safety concern for business
organisational is increased. In context to which organisational have to make huge changes on
their environment management and employees behaviour. Such as organisational have to
conduct further risk assessment related to the COVID and invest on some safety assets. Manager
and team-leader have to take care of employees health and safety awareness. In other terms this
COVID-19 health and safety factor has developed higher challenges in the employees
engagement and telnet management because due to the safety concern manger are not able to
effectively conduct talent management programmes and employees performance and work
commitment behaviour is negatively impacting employees engagement. Such as the fear of
COVID-19 develop anxiety due to which all these changes occur in ream performance and
behaviour.
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Financial issues- This another leading impact of COVID-19 which make challenges for
the organisational change management, talent management and employees engagement. Because
due to the lower customers demand, lass business profit due to the off marker organisations are
not getting enough profit to conduct safe and influencing training management programmes
(Omonzejele, 2020).
Recommendation to overcome business environment challenges which is cased by the COVID-
19
Business organisation can overcome from these COVID-19 challenges by the aid of
environment management tools and techniques, and within the effective use of the business
psychological models (Stahl, 2020).
Models of business psychology
This business psychology model is involving focus on the different challenge and change
management skills such as the memory, attention, speed, focus, creativity, flexibility. All these
factors is can be effectively use for the challenge management.
Attention- Business organisation have to make their proper attention on the changing
environment and educate their employees about the changing environment and how it can be
manage and help in the successful growth of their professional life.
Focus- Organisation have to focus on the upcoming opportunity from those challenges
and develop the effective management strategies for right use of opportunity and change
management.
flexibility- Company's have to make improvement on their flexibility skills and
properties and help there employees to flexibly manage their performance within the changing
environment (Sehar and Shahid, 2020).
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CONCLUSION
From the above analysis it has been concluded that business environment is comprises of
the organisation cultural and work management practice and employees behaviour which can
change or impacted by any environment forces. COVID-19 psychological and economical
impact is causing the higher challenges in the organisation change management, employees
engagement and talent , management. Such as the health and safety, financial issues is develop
from covid-19 and effect business activity's. This can be manage by the effective business
psychological implication. Such as the flexibility and creative factors is can be use to overcome
those challenges.
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