Question

Strategic Management and Org. Leadership :

You are the CEO of a medium-sized business dealing with the challenges of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Using SPECIFIC topics covered in this course. How would you address staff employment?

Answer 1

The employer should address their staff regarding the challenges of the Covid-19 Pandemic-

1- Updating budgets, timelines, risk plans, and other planning documents you plan to use going forward in your work.

2-Establishing updated metrics and goals that you can use to track progress.

3- Reading University- and unit-level strategic plans and communications and determining possibilities for your future activities to align with those plans.

4-Considering ways that you can improve diversity and inclusivity in your internal work environment as well as in your outward-facing initiatives.

Employer should motivate their staff to fight with the covid-19 pandemic-

1- Encouraging employees to engage in professional development topics through free resources like LinkedIn Learning (accessible through the Pitt Portal), webinars, books, digitally available articles and other publications, podcasts, TED Talks, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), etc.

2- Earning continuing education/professional development credits toward certifications.

3- Learning, employing, or updating a task management platform (ex. Outlook, Todoist, or others).

4- Talking to staff members about areas where they currently want to grow or learn on the job. This could be a chance to get employees cross-trained in order to respond better to future demands on workplace flexibility.