Will it work for most organisations?
In getting a work done, the distributed staff will not be in a position to effectively collaborate and synergise. This can be due to the flexibility in working hours which result in their colleagues having different times they allocate themselves for work. As a result, an employee may struggle with the passion to get things done and the sense of value to the organisation. distract employees at home and even more so with the movement control order for those with young children, who they would otherwise leave at the day care centres. With no adjustment period at all, some may, find it constantly challenging separating between work and home obligations. According to Conrado Lamas, the head of marketing at Signaturit, work is infinite and “there is always something to be solved—and when you have an office routine, it's is easier to leave what you do at the workplace. When you work from home, your office is where you live”. It is also argued that creativity, which is a major component of innovation, is dwindling without face-to-face teamwork. Interference may also There are definitely both advantages and disadvantages to every action or situation, but in the light of the pandemic, we have to look past the drawbacks of working from home and make most of the resources we have to continue serving our organisations, and we may find that we can adapt to it more effortlessly than we anticipated.
“TO SURVIVE, TO AVERT WHAT WE HAVE TERMED FUTURE SHOCK, THE INDIVIDUAL MUST BECOME INFINITELY MORE ADAPTABLE AND CAPABLE THAN EVER BEFORE. WE MUST SEARCH OUT TOTALLY NEW WAYS TO ANCHOR OURSELVES, FOR ALL OF THE OLD ROOTS - RELIGION, NATION, COMMUNITY, FAMILY, OR PROFESSION - THAT ARE NOW SHAKING UNDER THE HURRICANE IMPACT OF THE ACCELERATIVE THRUST. IT IS NO LONGER RESOURCES THAT LIMIT DECISIONS, IT IS THE DECISION THAT MAKES THE RESOURCES.”
ALVIN TOFFLER (FUTURE SHOCK, 1970)
As with most people in other parts of the world especially those with high cases of covid-19, the confidence to go back to work or send their children to school has definitely dwindled in the fear of another wave of the pandemic after the Movement Control Order is lifted despite some studies suggested that the infection curve would plateau after 7-8 weeks. On the other hand, there have been guidelines on how to prevent the contraction of Covid-19 which, include avoiding close contact especially with infected patients, to wash hands thoroughly and regularly, as well as to always disinfect the surfaces we touch on a daily basis. Being forced to work from home required those affected to adapt and make use of the available resources to continue to perform work tasks and deliver them in a timely manner. Whilst many found such adjustments challenging, it is an order not to be refuted.
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Malaysian Technology Strategic Outlook 2019/2020 Intergration of High Technology
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