Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on information management research and practice: Transforming education, work and life
Yogesh Kumar Dwivedia, D. Laurie Hughesa, Crispin R. Coombsb, Ioanna Constantiouc, Yanqing Duand, John Steven Edwardse, Babita Guptaf, Banita Lalg, Santosh Misrah, Prakhar Prashanti, Ramakrishnan Ramanj, Nripendra Pratap Ranag✉, Sujeet Kumar Sharmak, Nitin Upadhyayl
- aEmerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC), School of Management, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Swansea, UK
- bSchool of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UK
- cDepartment of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- dBusiness and Management Research Institute, University of Bedfordshire, UK
- eOperations & Information Management Department, Aston Business School, UK
- fCalifornia State University, Monterey Bay, USA
- gSchool of Management, University of Bradford, UK
- hTamil Nadu E-Governance Agency, Government of Tamil Nadu, India
- iSabaps Corp, CA, USA
- jSymbiosis Institute of Business Management, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
- kInformation Systems & Analytics Area, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India
- l
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Abstract
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many organisations to undergo significant transformation, rethinking key elements of their business processes and use of technology to maintain operations whilst adhering to a changing landscape of guidelines and new procedures. This study offers a collective insight to many of the key issues and underlying complexities affecting organisations and society from COVID-19, through an information systems and technological perspective. The views of 12 invited subject experts are collated and analysed where each articulate their individual perspectives relating to: online learning, digital strategy, artificial intelligence, information management, social interaction, cyber security, big data, blockchain, privacy, mobile technology and strategy through the lens of the current crisis and impact on these specific areas. The expert perspectives offer timely insight to the range of topics, identifying key issues and recommendations for theory and practice.
TL;DRThis study offers a collective insight to many of the key issues and underlying complexities affecting organisations and society from COVID-19, through an information systems and technological perspective. (Semantic Scholar)