The year 2019 brought a new normal in the world. The novel coronavirus emerged from

Wuhan in China. On the 27 th of February, 2020, the virus was imported to the Country by an

Italian man. The ugly incident of the importation escalated to community transmission. To

curb the community transmission of the coronavirus which was nicknamed COVID-19, the

President ordered for National lockdown on March 2020. However, the lockdown

has been partially eased; yet, some businesses are still under lock and key.

Your organization is considering how to move on amid the COVID-19 period. As the

Human Resource Manager advice the organization on the following issues enumerated

below:

1. The type of job evaluation the organization could use during and after the COVID-19

pandemic.

2. Job Analysis is important in an organization, taking cognizance of physical distancing is

one of the measures of curbing the spread of the virus, how could you handle the emotional

characteristics in job specification?

3. Your organization is among those that are still under lockdown, what are the measures

you could use to be generating income to pay your employees?

4. In your annual salary increment, how could you use the internal and external

environment to determine the staff pay?

COVID-19

The type of job evaluation the organization could use during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the human resource manager, I would carefully consider the risk against the reward of taking such a step and therefore, avoiding pressure and interactions with the overextended public system. I would also prioritize the reduction of close to even direct interactions with colleagues who are working in highly related crisis regions. In a bid to do so, communication as well as understanding with the stakeholders should also be maintained.

Job Analysis is important in an organization, taking cognizance of physical distancing is one of the measures of curbing the spread of the virus, and how could you handle the emotional characteristics in job specification?

Job analysis is a systematic procedure that tends to identify the responsibilities, working conditions, tasks as well as duties that are related to a particular job and the knowledge and understanding of particular employees to perform the task. Therefore, with physical distancing, emotional characteristics such as motivation, social skills, and teamwork among others can be achieved by taking measures such as wearing masks and protective gear as well as constantly sanitizing.

 Your organization is among those that are still under lockdown, what are the measures you could use to be generating income to pay your employees?

For my organization to keep generating income to pay my employees even during the lockdown, I would make sure that I maintain clear and transparent communication with both my consumers as well as my employees to get the perception of the consumer needs and in return offer them a solution. It can be well achieved by maintaining a healthy relationship and engaging both parties at all times.

In your annual salary increment, how could you use the internal and external environment to determine the staff pay?

Through this pandemic, employees are working under such harsh conditions and taking risks both working in and out of the office. Therefore, in my annual salary increment, I would be of much favor to the employees working in the external environments since they are the ones incurring more risks and are also in a position to reach out to consumers more extensively.