International Journal of Supply Chain Management
Vol 9, No 5 (2020): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)

The Impact of COVID-19 on Supply Chain and Human Resource Management Practices and Future Marketing

Yas, Harith (Unknown)
Bandar Alsaud, Alanoud (Unknown)
Alsharm, Afnan (Unknown)
Alkaabi, Ahmed (Unknown)
AlAdeedi, Ayesha (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Oct 2020

Abstract

Abstract The increased prevalence of COVID-19 has had severe implications on the well-being of most organization and professionals most especially in the field of human resource management and marketing. This study focused on establishing the impact of COVID-19 on the different human resource practices and future marketing. It was established that the dynamics of work have greatly changed from the traditional way of working from the organization’s premises to working remotely at home. Consequently marketing has also shifted to different online platforms since physical contact with customers is currently prohibited in order to maintain in social distancing one way of preventing coronavirus. These changes have been associated with different negative implications and some positives as some professionals find it more flexible and convenient to work remotely. To cope with the current changing times, it is necessary for organization to adjust and adopt the new emerging technologies of working remotely and consequently implement strategic policies and procedures towards maintaining a steady flow.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJSCM

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Engineering Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Transportation

Description

International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM) is a peer-reviewed indexed journal, ISSN: 2050-7399 (Online), 2051-3771 (Print), that publishes original, high quality, supply chain management empirical research that will have a significant impact on SCM theory and practice. Manuscripts ...