Here’s how COVID-19 will permanently change workplace practices – ZAWYA

Here’s how COVID-19 will permanently change workplace practices – ZAWYA

Here's how COVID-19 will permanently change workplace practices | ZAWYA MENA Edition HomeBusinessArticleHere's how COVID-19 will permanently change workplace practices Three components can help maintain the new positive organizational behaviours    Business colleagues pointing at laptop screen while discussing plans and sitting by glass partition at office. Image used for illustrative purpose,COVID-19 will permanently change the future of work, according to a report by management consulting firm Oliver Wyman."Work practices across businesses around the world have been disrupted, more or less overnight, by an unexpected circumstance,“ Abhishek Sharma, Public Sector Partner at Oliver Wyman Middle East said. "This offers a unique opportunity for organizations to recalibrate working practices that serve as the cultural foundations of long-term organizational success.“The report, titled "Shaping the New Normal: Changing Working Practices for Good", said that companies might want to maintain the following five areas of working life that have been disrupted by COVID-19:Moving to virtual forms of communicationRestructuring business meetingsEnforcing hygiene compliance in professional settingsEnsuring employee wellbeingDisplacing physical cash with digital alternativesTo maintain the new positive organizational behaviours that emerged in response to COVID-19, at least three components need to be in place according to Sharma."By instilling a cue trigger, implementing routine and rewards