Question

Research the topics thoroughly using valid, reliable sources.

Research the topics thoroughly using valid, reliable sources.

2-Each student will prepare an 8-12 page research paper (2-3 pages for each question): double-spaced, Times New Roman and 12-point font.

3-Originality is a “must” in research. Therefore, use your own words when answering questions - DO NOT copy text from your book or any other source. Copied answers will result in a zero on this assessment.

4-Use references, if needed. Please use APA format when citing sources.

OB = Organization Behavior

( we will use similarity)

The coronavirus is hitting businesses and their employees. Some businesses are still open and millions of employees are working to serve customers. Some of the employees work in their workplaces while some others work from home. Almost all employees worry whether they will lose their jobs or if they will have a pay cut. It is obvious that unemployment will rise because millions of employees will lose their jobs and the remaining employees may have a pay cut (10, 20, 30, 50%) depending on the position in his/her workplace.

Because of the coronavirus, the business environment has started to change. It is becoming a challenging fast-changing environment. Currently, many managers are faced with difficulties. In the near future and in the long run, they will need to deal with important issues.

Lastly, you have to remember that one can easily manage firms during prosperous times but effective managers flourish during difficult times.

Below is a sample list of terms that you can use when answering the questions.

Job security and protection; Employee morale; Employee stress; Anxiety; Employee wellness; Effective decision making; Work performance; Key competencies; Productive employees; Quality of work produced; Work-life balance; Mental health; Employees in a high-risk health category; Illness; Government sector; Health sector; Security forces.

Q2-What would be the possible changes and developments in the workforce and workplace diversity in the near future and in the long run? Discuss.

The coronavirus is hitting businesses and their employees. Some businesses are still open and millions of employees are working to serve customers. Some of the employees work in their workplaces while some others work from home. Almost all employees worry whether they will lose their jobs or if they will have a pay cut. It is obvious that unemployment will rise because millions of employees will lose their jobs and the remaining employees may have a pay cut (10, 20, 30, 50%) depending on the position in his/her workplace.

Because of the coronavirus, the business environment has started to change. It is becoming a challenging fast-changing environment. Currently, many managers are faced with difficulties. In the near future and in the long run, they will need to deal with important issues.

Lastly, you have to remember that one can easily manage firms during prosperous times but effective managers flourish during difficult times.

Below is a sample list of terms that you can use when answering the questions.

Job security and protection; Employee morale; Employee stress; Anxiety; Employee wellness; Effective decision making; Work performance; Key competencies; Productive employees; Quality of work produced; Work-life balance; Mental health; Employees in a high-risk health category; Illness; Government sector; Health sector; Security forces.

Discuss

Answer 1

The year 2020 would always be remember as the deadliest year till date and China has won this third world war without using missiles or battling any battles. The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the world at a scale and speed that we have only seen so far in doomsday movies and the way we are seeing it today is far more frightening than the fiction movies. This same pandemic scenarios we all saw in the 2009 movie "Contagion" but no one has ever imagnied that that movie would become reality in 2020. We always wanted to delete the year 2020 and reinstall it as it has virus. but we all are helpless.

This pandemic has hit the world economy so drastically and in a 2019 joint report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank estimates the impact of such a pandemic at 2.2 per cent to 4.8 per cent of global GDP (US$3 trillion). That was well before the world knew of Covid-19. another estimates stated that India’s aggressive 40-days lockdown could bring the country’s growth down to 2.5% from the 4.5 per cent and would badly hit many businesses along with the employees.As Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his address to the nation when he announced a 21-day lockdown, if this pandemic is not contained, it could set us back by decades.

When the lockdown 2.0 stage came to the point where we have to work for life and livlihood both because both the terms are simulatneously work for another. If we live then only we are able to earn for the livlihood and vice versa.

However, even if global economies bounce back sooner than expected, Indian Companies like MSMEs, entrepreneurs likely to pay a high price.These companies are too small to have enough of a cushion to last through a pandemic like this one. Add to this the fact that many of these companies have been asked to down shutters or curtail operations while still paying employees and that’s apart from meeting costs for taxes, power, and other utilities.

Many employees working in small scale industries and manufacturing industries are losing job security and protection due to the pandemic and many fearing the loss of pay upto any percentage. The concept of work from home has to legitimise becuase of the virus and this has bring down employees morale and many are stressing having anxity problems on the thought of losing job.

This pandemic has changed the way we use to work , schools are running online completely, roads are dead, markets are dead, offices are forcefully working from home, no play session fro kids, no e commerce business, no junk foods, no flights, no business trips, still the life is going on.

Governement is making drastic decisons on all areas keeping in mind the status of every level of human be it farmers, daily wage earners, office goers, students, homemakers, business houses. Gov is just working on the model of employee welfare and effective employees . The coronavirus outbreak is causing panic all over the world and as the number of cases across the country rises, reports say the virus could boost the need for remote work in nearly every state. While it may feel challenging to alleviate the anxiety associated with the virus, having a preparedness plan in place can help to stem employee fears and create a safe work environment for your entire team. Here are some tips to keep in mind as you create a plan for the organization.

Apart from this we cannot deny the very important role been playing by the medical staffs, media houses, Defence, Police , security forces and online delivery staff. They have been performing their task day and night under the constant fear of getting affected by the deadly virus and gradually in many places many Doctors and nurses, other medical staffs, Polices got caught by the virus and took many lives. But apart there are many breed who are pelting stones on the medical staffs and mistreating with them destroying medical camps, flouting isolation and quarantine rules, roamiing in lockdown without any reason,they donot know that their behaviour could only make the situation worse than the expected.

Along with other sectors Disaster Managment team doing the best practices in controlling the rising cases of virus. Government sector across the world is taking all necessary steps to ensure that we are prepared well to face the challenge and threat posed by the growing pandemic of COVID-19 the Corona Virus. They are providing investment to medical industries for innovating new and better testing kits, PPEs and medical arrangments. Many industries voluntarily working day night in making PPEs and other kits like mask, sanitisers, gloves. besides many engineering units working diligently innovating new and improved testing kits which will give resullts in no time.

Public health laws authorize interferences with freedom of movement, the right to control one’s health and body, privacy, and property rights, they should balance these private rights with the public health interest in an ethical and transparent way. Public health powers should be based on the principles of public health necessity, reasonable and effective means, proportionality, distributive justice, and transparency. · Immunization is a successful and cost-effective public health strategy that saves millions of lives each year. Governments can support vaccination coverage by ensuring that vaccination is free or affordable, by ensuring that all children are vaccinated (with limited exceptions for medical or religious reasons), and that vaccinations are documented. · Screening individuals to determine if they have been infected with or exposed to an infectious disease is a core public health strategy. Early treatment has important public health benefits; for example, people receiving treatment for tuberculosis and HIV infection are less likely to transmit the infection to others. Routine, voluntary HIV testing benefits both affected individuals and their intimate partners by facilitating early access to prevention, care and treatment services.

The global pandemic has restricting people’s movements have caused major disruptions to many businesses. We’ve already observed major shifts in business practices. Working from home is the new norm, while many personal meetings and conferences have been replaced by video meetings and other virtual forms of communication. Some businesses — especially restaurants, tourism operators and movie theatres — have come to a complete stop. Others, like manufacturers of consumer goods, have seen a sharp drop in demand as consumers are either unable to visit shops or lack the spare cash for nonessential purchases. The short-term impact is likely different from the long-term impact. Consumers may simply postpone the purchase of a new car or washing machine — but they may not want to buy the same types of services in the future. Many firms have initially responded to the crisis not only by cutting costs but by engaging in new entrepreneurial activities like Distilleries in the United States, Canada and Australia started to produce hand sanitizers, Fashion businesses like Zara, H&M, Hedley & Bennett and Trigema are producing protective gear, gowns and other supplies for hospitals.The shortage of ventilators in hospital intensive-care units has not only motivated health-care companies such as Philips and Draeger to increase production, but also triggered Canadian automotive suppliers and car brands like Ford to produce the life-saving medical devices.

We all are hoping to further stop the spread of deadly virus and contain it effects by the lockdown system which was effectively been followd by all the affected nations like India, US, Italy, Spain, China, Germany, any many more. If we folow the social distancing diligently we would definitley stop this virus and hopefully vaccination come up as soon as possible .The vaccine is being developed by scientists at the University of Oxford who believe there is an 80 per cent chance of success.Social distancing and a vaccine are the only two ways to deal with Covid-19 which has led to lockdown extensions across the world.

Lets hope for better future and brighter scope for all .