AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
Volume 2021 (1),
Article ID 3786721,
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Organizational Management and Human Resources Practices: COVID37MGT 2021
Abstract
The aim of the article is to present the policy of the Polish top cable manufacturer in its fight with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The article is a case study. In the last week of February 2021, the author had talks with the head of a team that coordinated the implementation of the principles of combating the pandemic. The article points at the major issues that emerged during the pandemic and describes the methods that the company used to solve them. The article presents the principles of developing the team and its operations and it discusses the areas that are defined by the company as particularly affected by the pandemic, i.e. human resources, company legal operations in the course of the pandemic, supply chains and the issues regarding the organization of external contacts. Apart from the interview with the team leader, several talks were conducted with employees in order to learn about their opinion on the measures taken by the company.
Keywords: Pandemic, Cable Industry, Human Resources