The impacts of COVID 19pandemic on business organisations across the globe have been dramatic and unprecedented. While some organisations have collapsed, others have managed to survive and maintained stability and some others have flourished tremendously. The determinant of what happens to any organisation is predominantly a function of her responsiveness to current and future realities. In this paper, we present a broad review of literature rooted in work and organizational psychology, and related fields, for making sense of the implications for employees, teams, and work organizations. In so doing, virtual organisation is projected as the answer for corporate adjustments. The use of virtual platforms, telematics, and computer procedures enable working without physical presence was observed to have received a boost especially as governments across the world adopted lockdown measures in a bid to stem the tide of the spread of the pandemic. The paper concludes that the future of business belongs to those organisations that have developed or are willing to develop capacity for virtual operation. Ekezie, Chibueze Macrae David | Gabriel, Justin Mgbechiodinioha | Ekweozor, Uche "Covid-19 Workplace Adjustments through Virtual Organization Designs" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-6 , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd35713.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/35713/covid19-workplace-adjustments-through-virtual-organization-designs/ekezie-chibueze-macrae-david
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Covid-19 Workplace Adjustments through
Virtual Organization Designs
Ekezie, Chibueze Macrae David1; Gabriel, Justin Mgbechiodinioha1; Ekweozor, Uche2
1Department of Management, 2Department of Office and Information Management,
1,2Faculty of Management Sciences, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
The impacts of COVID-19pandemic on business organisations across the globe
have been dramatic and unprecedented. While some organisations have
collapsed, others have managed to survive and maintained stability; and some
others have flourished tremendously. The determinant of what happens to any
organisation is predominantly a function of her responsiveness to current and
future realities. In this paper, we present a broad review of literature rooted in
work and organizational psychology, and related fields, for making sense of
the implications for employees, teams, and work organizations. In so doing,
virtual organisation is projected as the answer for corporate adjustments. The
use of virtual platforms, telematics, and computer procedures enable working
without physical presence was observed to have received a boost especially as
governments across the world adopted lockdown measures in a bid to stem
the tide of the spread of the pandemic. The paper concludes that the future of
business belongs to those organisations that have developed or are willing to
develop capacity for virtual operation.
KEYWORDS: Virtual
Organizations,
Virtual
Teams,
Collaboration,
Communication, COVID-19
How to cite this paper: Ekezie, Chibueze
Macrae
David
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Gabriel,
Justin
Mgbechiodinioha
| Ekweozor, Uche
"Covid-19 Workplace
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through Virtual Organizat