Corona virus and its impact on management and employees

The COVID-19 pandemic has considerably changed how organizational leaders manage their staff. It has required them to become more supportive to promote the wellbeing of their employees while concurrently maintaining output and achieving desired results. The pandemic has also hastened changes in the way organizations maintain communication with their employees. Just as COVID-19 has changed the workplace landscape so significantly, so management decision making has been expected to adapt to keep pace with the change the business environment has experienced.Early in 2020 most aspects of the lives of much of the world's population were affected by the pandemic, altering how we lived domestically, socially and many aspects of our employment. Governments had to enact disaster plans they never thought would be required. Isolating much of the population in their homes to prevent contamination and infection has given the environment a chance to recover from the regular activities of the human population. At the same time communication has been both hindered and expedited as a result of the situation (De Sisto et al. 2019).

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Dr. Hanan Al Mazroueiis Associate Professor at the United Arab Emirates University, UAE. She received her Master's degree in human resources management from Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia and her Ph.D. degree in business from Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia.