Project Report: Major External Event Transformed Workplace

This report examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workplace transformation, focusing on Amazon's response. The project aims to identify how workplace transformation occurred during the pandemic, with objectives including defining workplace transformation, identifying specific chan...Read More

Managing Successful
Business Project
(How has a major external event transformed
the workplace?)

Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Project aim and objectives
• Project management plan
• Gantt chart
• Work breakdown structure
• Literature review
• Research methodology
• Data analysis
• Recommendation

Introduction
Workplace transformation is a process of
adoption of new technologies and techniques
within working environment. The external event
which considerer in this report is covid 19 as
most of the companies are transforming due to
this pandemic and this results in development of
the organisational efficiency.

Project aim and objectives
Aim : “To identify the ways through which workplace transformation is done
during covid 19 as an external event. A study on Amazon.”
Objectives :
•To determine the concept of transformation in workplace.
•To identify the ways through which workplace transformation is done during
covid 19 as an external event in Amazon working environment.
•To analyse the challenges faced by managers of Amazon while using workplace
transformation strategies.

Project management plan
• The scope of this project is wider because digital workplace transformation, it
helps in achievement of organizational productivity and their potential.
• The cost of the overall project is $900. it helps in making use of primary and
secondary research in order to collect data and information.

Gantt chart

Work breakdown structure

Literature review
According to Mingaleva, and Shironina, (2021) Workplace transformational is the
process of rethinking of the activities that helps in adopting new technologies and
processes in the organisation. The external event which is considering in this project is
covid 19. it is important to develop their organisation productivity and potential. This
has impacted a lot of organisation. In relation with Amazon, company is getting affected
through covid 19 pandemic.

Research methodology
• Research method : There are two types of research method, these are qualitative
method and quantitative method. Within this study, researcher is using quantitative
method because this helps in getting numerical data and findings. It is collected
through questionnaire survey which brings new and unique information from
respondents. It also resulting in bringing true information (Attaran, Attaran, and
Kirkland, 2019).
• Sampling : Sample size collects in this research is 30 who are the employees of
Amazon and they are developing more effectiveness while giving answers.

Data analysis
Q1. What do you think, the ways through which
workplace transformation is done during covid 19
situation?
Frequency
a. Enabling remote work to employees 10
b. To become digitally 15
c. To adopt new technologies and processes 5

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Q2. According to you which is the major challenge
that is being faced by employers of Amazon?
Frequency
a. Productivity issues 10
b. Data and security issues 12
c. Transmigrate from legacy applications 8

Conclusion
From the above it is concluded that workplace transformation is necessary for the
organisations in order to develop their potentials and productivity. It helps in adopting
new normal and due to this covid 19 issues, many of the organisations are becoming
digitally and enhancing their profits. Further managers should have to consider the
challenges in mind.

Recommendation
It is recommended to the company that workplace transformation is necessary for
the company. Company should have to keep in mind the strategies and challenges
like issues in productivity and security issues and make those environment friendly.
This helps them in enhancing employees and retaining them for longer durations.

References
• Attaran, M., Attaran, S. and Kirkland, D., 2019. The need for digital
workplace: increasing workforce productivity in the information
age. International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems (IJEIS), 15(1),
pp.1-23.
• Attaran, M., Attaran, S. and Kirkland, D., 2020. Technology and
organizational change: harnessing the power of digital workplace.
In Handbook of research on social and organizational dynamics in the digital
era (pp. 383-408). IGI Global.

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