COVID-19 Challenges to Human Resource Management and Its Future Directions – a study on Banking Industry of Bangladesh

Abstract

The Covid-19 has disrupted the normalcy of almost all organizations in the world. As a result of COVID-19's profound impact on all organizations, HRM practitioners are faced with a complex and challenging environment in which to work. They must come up with innovative solutions to ensure the continuity of their companies and help their employees cope with this extraordinary crisis. In developing nation like Bangladesh while there is a developing middle economy, Covid-19 effect the management of Human Resource division intensely. It is rare to find studies that examine the impact of this crisis on HR management in Bangladesh. From this new pandemic, the study highlights the major challenges and possibilities of HRM in Bangladesh, and gives possible future organizational directions that may result from these threats and issues.