Tesla Case Study: Impact of the Global Pandemic on Workplace Change

This report investigates the impact of the global pandemic on accelerating workplace transformation, focusing on a case study of Tesla. It explores the positive and negative aspects of the pandemic, examining how it influenced workplace strategies and the adoption of digital technologies. The research uses a qualitative approach, gathering data through questionnaires from Tesla employees to understand their experiences during and after the pandemic. The findings reveal how organizations managed their businesses, the challenges of unemployment, and the shift towards remote work and automation. The report concludes with reflections and recommendations for future workplace transformations, highlighting the importance of adapting to changing circumstances and leveraging technology to enhance productivity and employee well-being. Desklib provides access to this and other solved assignments to aid students in their studies.

Research Project
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Contents
TASK- 1 Research proposal.......................................................................................................3
Aim.........................................................................................................................................3
Objective................................................................................................................................3
Research questions.................................................................................................................3
Rationale of the research........................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW...........................................................................................................4
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...............................................................................................5
TIME PLAN...............................................................................................................................6
TASK-2 Final Research Project.................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................7
LITERATURE REVIEW...........................................................................................................7
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...............................................................................................8
DATA INTERPRETATION......................................................................................................9
RESEARCH OUTCOMES/ FINDINGS.................................................................................15
REFLECTION & RECOMMENDATION..............................................................................16
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................18
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TASK- 1 Research proposal
Title- the impact of global pandemic on accelerating workplace transformation.
Aim
 To determine the impact of the global pandemic on accelerating workplace
transformation. A case study on tesla.
Objective
 To identify the impact of covid-19 on the workplace transformation.
 To understand the positive or negative aspects of the global pandemic.
 To measure the situation of workplace during and after global pandemic.
Research questions
 Q.1 what are impacts of covid-19 on the workplace transformation?
 Q.2 what is the positive or negative aspects of the global pandemic?
 Q.3 How can be measured the critical situation in the workplace during and after
global pandemic?
Rationale of the research
The purpose of the research study is to identify the certain impacts of covid-19 as
global pandemic impacts on the workplace. The researcher will focus on the investigation
about the use of corporate strategies which plays an important role to handle critical situation
(Köhler, Smith and Bhakoo, 2022). Whenever it has been transformed the workplace through
digital technologies because it provide the better opportunity for employees such as remote
working, flexible working hours, Work from home options. These kind of changes are
inspiring or motivating people to achieve desirable goals and objective. The primary aim
of the study is to develop more understanding towards impacts of global pandemic and
analysed that how it will be -directly converting into workplace transformation. With the help
of study analysis, it will be gathering or collecting positive and negative aspects of global
pandemic across global world, especially concern about the workplace transformations.
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LITERATURE REVIEW
Impact of the global pandemic on the workplace transformation.
According to Hou, Remøy and Putte (2021) the global pandemic impacts on the
business processes in positive or negative manner. After the pandemic, it has been increasing
the use of digital technologies because it helps to improve business capability and provide the
flexible working facilities for their employees. Without any doubt, all kind of enterprise
established with respect of their greatest strength, but somewhere it is majorly affected by the
global pandemic. With different sectors of closing the economies and suffered terribly. This
kind of negative impact on the business profitability as well as productivity.
Pataki-Bittó and Kapusy (2021) said that global pandemic such as covid-19 is
positively impact on the workplace transformation while encouraging the companies to adopt
digital technologies. In this way, it would be developing a virtual environment for employees
so that they can complete their business tasks at any place, anywhere. Due to the global
pandemic, it is obvious thing to inspire or motivate people where they were adopting
technical innovations and ensure the consistency of work flow management.
Workplace during & after the global pandemic
According to Appelbaum and Emadi-Mahabadi (2022) under the global pandemic, it
may arise the situation of workplace transformation and directly affecting on the daily
enterprise activities. Initially, companies are properly aware about the critical situation where
some employees had to leave their workplace and perform all tasks remotely at homes.
Without any doubt, it has been examined that global pandemic increases the demand of
strategic approach and create a virtual workplace at anyplace.
Alan and Topcu (2022) argue that future workplace is changed completely because of
the demand of employee’s safety during pandemic situation. It should be considered the
business needs, employees which are creating a good balance between them. Due to the
global pandemic, companies are using the concept of automation which brings opportunities
for the workplace. It is also supporting the business transformation and increases the level of
automation. In this way, it can easily achieve the highest performance of organisation in
terms of productivity as well as profitability.
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research method- In this study, investigator will select qualitative research method in
order to collect relevant information from existing theories, models (Lê and Schmid, 2022).
This kind of method is based on the descriptive studies to provide the accurate information.
Research design- The researcher will choose exploratory design because in qualitative
method, this kind of research design is helping to generate insight the real situation at the
time of research analysis.
Research approach- In this study, scholar will focus on select a deductive approach
because it is based on the creating a relational with existing theory, identifying the
appropriate results or outcomes of the global pandemic and accelerating workplace
transformation (Adams and McGuire, 2022).
Research philosophy- the scholar will choose intepretivism philosophy because it is
directly integrated with respondents of research and identify their opinion through real based
experiences.
Data collection method- the researcher will choose a primary data collection in order
to gather information of research through questionnaires technique.
Data Analysis- Researcher will be conducting thematic analysis and focused on the
descriptive information about the impact of global pandemic on accelerating workplace
transformation.
Sampling- the investigator will use simple random technique method. the sample size
is 30 employees of tesla.
Ethical considerations-
 Participants in the research study has gained proper respect from other members and
maintain dignity, respect.
 A high level of confidentiality related to the research data can be maintained or
protected in proper manner.
 Researcher needs to be eliminating or removing the misleading situation in the
information or data management. Some kind of unbiased situation can be avoided at
the time of primary data collection.
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TIME PLAN
S. No. Week-1 Week-2 Week-3 Week-4 Week-5 Week-6
Aim &
objective
Conducting
Literature
review
Research
methodology
Data
analysis
Finding
Conclusion
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submission
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TASK-2 Final Research Project
INTRODUCTION
Aim
 To determine the impact of the global pandemic on accelerating workplace
transformation. A case study on tesla.
Objective
 To identify the impact of covid-19 on the workplace transformation.
 To understand the positive or negative aspects of the global pandemic.
 To measure the situation of workplace during and after global pandemic.
Research questions
 Q.1 what are impacts of covid-19 on the workplace transformation?
 Q.2 what is the positive or negative aspects of the global pandemic?
 Q.3 How can be measured the critical situation in the workplace during and after
global pandemic?
Rationale of the research
The purpose of the research study is to identify the certain impacts of covid-19 as
global pandemic impacts on the workplace. Identifying the positive and negative aspects of
global pandemic across global world, especially concern about the workplace
transformations.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Theme1: Impacts of COVID-19 on the workplace transformation
Pataki-Bittó and Kapusy, (2021) Elucidates the COVID has assured the numerous
impacts over the workplace transformation. However, workplace transformation leads to
adopt the changes at workplace and provides new opportunities at the workplace. Somehow,
the COVID has enabled organizations to adopt certain transformation so, their work
procedure can be performed in effective manner. On the contrary side Savić, (2020) has said
that, COVID has ensured the force over organization in terms of implementing
transformation. The major attribute that has been evaluated is that, in context of saving
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businesses from the future threats that has been deprived in pandemic, the workplace
transformation has been performed.
Theme2: Reviewing positive & negative aspects of the global pandemic
As per the views of MA, (2020) Pandemic has critically benefited the workplace the
impacts are positive as well as negative. The major positive impact that has been assured by
the pandemic over the workplace are that, Due to pandemic, the organizations has adopted
the certain competitive and innovative strategies that can helps in expansion of the
businesses. Also, the training programmes at the workplace as been organized for the
employees. On the other hand, Pandemic has assured the loss to the organizations and created
negative benefits for them. Also, businesses has lost their ratio of exports and this has
impacted their performance.
Theme3: Measuring the situation of workplace during and after global pandemic
As per the views of Olokundun and et.al., (2021) the situation at the workplace during
and after COVID has been changed as at the time of pandemic, the workplace has been
impacted in negative manner as the operations of the businesses get pause due to lock-down.
Often, work from home policy has been introduced where the employees have to work from
the home. As a result, the impact has been made over the productivity level of employees.
After the pandemic, the business has been guided in terms of adopting the effective strategies
that can help business to adopt transformation at the workplace.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research type refers to the procedure of collecting data and it is mainly of two types
and those are qualitative and quantitative research type. Qualitative research refers to the
gathering of textual data. Whereas, quantitative research refer to the gathering of numerical
data. As per the suitability of this research, the researcher is using the qualitative type as it is
assuring higher relevancy in the research. Research approach refers to the systematic
procedure in terms of performing the task. This has been parted in two ways and those
Inductive and Deductive. In this research, the Inductive approach has been followed as it is
providing opportunity to researcher in terms of developing new theories in the context of
research topic (Allan, 2020). Research philosophy refers to the faith and belief of individuals
in society. This is of two types and those are Interpretivism and Positivism. The analyst is
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using Interpretivism philosophy as it provides the platform in order to analyse the belief and
opinion of the people in relation of the research topic.
Data collection refers to the selection of the sources in terms of collecting data. This is
mainly of two types and those are, primary and secondary data collection. Primary method
refers to gathering data from the fresh sources whereas, secondary method of collecting data
involves collection of data from the secondary sources such as, books and journals. The
researcher is using the primary method for gathering data as it assures higher relevancy. The
data sampling has been done within using the probability method of sampling as this assures
equal opportunities to the participants and does not follow the subjective judgement elements.
30 employees of TESLA has been selected in terms of analysing the outcomes. Data
analysation refers to the method of interpreting the data. The researcher has used thematic
analysation over statistical analysation as the thematic analysation helps in creating different
themes and assures effective results (Braun and Clarke, 2021).
DATA INTERPRETATION
In this section, it has been conducting primary data analysis with the help of
questionnaires technique and targeting the respondent’s to gain more idea about the research
topic.
Theme: 1 organisation has managed their business during the global pandemic.
Q.1 Do you think that organisation has managed their business during the global
pandemic?
Options Response
Strongly agree
Agree
Strongly disagree
Disagree
10
8
7
5
Total 30
Table: 1
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Strongly agree Agree Strongly
disagree Disagree Total
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Q.1 Do you think that organisation has managed
their business during the global pandemic?
Figure: 1
Data Interpretation-
In above analysis, it has been identified that organisations has managed their business
during the global pandemic. Maximum respondents are agreed with statement and understand
the demand of business at the time of pandemic. Based on the interpretation, it can be
examined that 10 respondents are strongly agree, 8 respondents are agreed, 7 respondents are
strongly disagree and 5 respondents are disagreed. As targeting 30 employees of tesla and
identify their opinion on the basis of personal experience.
Theme: 2 increase situation of unemployment at the time of global pandemic.
Q.2 Is it possible to increase situation of unemployment at the time of global pandemic?
Options Response
Strongly agree
Agree
Strongly disagree
Disagree
10
8
7
5
Total 30
Table: 2
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Q.2 Is it possible to increase situation of
unemployment at the time of global pandemic?
Strongly agree Agree Strongly disagree
Disagree Total
Figure: 2
Data Interpretation-
From above discussion, it has been identified that increases the situation of
unemployment at the time of global pandemic Maximum respondents are agreed with
statement because many people have faced a critical situation of unemployment, jobless.
Based on the interpretation, it can be examined that 10 respondents are strongly agree, 8
respondents are agreed, 7 respondents are strongly disagree and 5 respondents are disagreed.
As targeting 30 employees of tesla and identify their opinion on the basis of personal
experience.
Theme: 3 pandemic inspire enterprise to create virtual environment for employees.
Q.3 Do you believe that pandemic inspire enterprise to create virtual environment for
employees.
?
Options Response
Strongly agree
Agree
Strongly disagree
Disagree
8
8
7
7
Total 30
Table: 3
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