How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world of HR?
TVR- It has impacted every single human being and therefore very significantly for HR at the corporation level and for the government at country and society level. The government itself including the PM becomes People Manager significantly besides crisis manager… All functions and departments will need to focus on people as the virus affects people and is spread through people. In corporate and organised sectors this gives many more challenges, new responsibilities as well as opportunities for HR to care for people as it is the people driven function.
What lasting impacts do you think the outbreak will be for the HR function?
TVR- It will (and I wish it should) make HR more “focussed” and “human” and enlarges outlook from employee welfare to human welfare. It also provides an opportunity for HR to reinvent itself as a spiritual function to lift up the spirits and spiritual levels of people. It will bring out...
