Navigating the New Normal of Business With Enhanced Human Resources Management Strategies

The main aim of this book is to appraise the extent of Human Resource Management Practices application among businesses and organizations amid COVID 19 pandemic. Under normal circumstances, human resource functions following the well-established plans and programs of management, however, with the unexpected surge of the world-threatening virus in the first quarter of 2020, countries, businesses, and individuals were shaken and left in an awful situation. Job losses are prevalent anywhere in the world, severe company losses are too, and other related conditions have urged managers to reduce manpower and streamline operations.

This book will assess the present state of HRM practices for company performance under COVID-19 circumstances, evaluate strategies that businesses employ to alleviate their general economic condition, and provide an understanding of the challenges that impact a company's implemented human resource management practices. It will also explore theories and models that suitably address the current COVID-19 influenced HRM practices and investigate the relationships between HRM practices on individual performance under the new global business environment.