Abstract:

Due to the coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) that threatens the health of all people, the way organizations do business all over the world and in our country has necessarily begun to change. In this period, processes such as preparing the road map on how to manage the employees, ensuring motivation and business continuity, and controlling the outputs are under the responsibility of the managers. In this context, this study includes findings on how managers' responsibilities have changed, how they continue their management and organizational practices, and how to differentiate management and organizations with changing working conditions in the process starting with the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants of the research are managers who work in different sectors in Turkey and have experienced remote working. Content analysis method was used in the study conducted with a qualitative research approach. As a result of the analysis of the data obtained from the semi-structured interviews, "Acceleration of digitalization", "Change of operational costs and operations”, “Changing sociological and psychological factors” and “New normal in organizations” themes are emerged. In the light of these themes information has been obtained about how the management activities have changed during the remote working and how the new working normal will be.

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