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Abstract: The crisis caused by the COVID 19 virus has affected both the economic environment and the daily lives of all citizens. Despite the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, some companies have understood to continue their activity, to train their staff, to inform their suppliers and customers. The main problems faced by organizations, in addition to those inherent in the decrease in turnover, lack of liquidity, were those related to staff. Digitization has been accelerated in all environments and areas of activity. For a good development of the activity in the remote working system, the managers were put in the situation to redefine their management, orientation and control. The change was not only related to the use of new technology and remote work, but also to the transition in a time of crisis, dominated by panic and concern for citizens for their own safety and health. The purpose of this article is not limited to an analysis of the literature, but presents certain aspects from which we can learn lessons for finding and applying the right solutions in practice, especially for managers who face the challenges of coordinating remote teams. One of the important challenges that managers face in leading remote teams is communication. Communicating unclear, incomplete or ambiguous messages is very risky, and the effects can be disastrous. Crisis communication must have a single source of presentation of the truth, it must be clear, simple and humane. The essential element of distance communication refers to being very accurate.
Keywords: Digitalization, COVID 19, work force, leadership, management and communication.
JEL: M12, M15, M53, M54, D83
1.Introduction
The COVID 19 pandemic has recently caused the fastest changes and at the same time the ones that have involved the most people in the history of the economy. However, not all branches of the economy have been affected to the same extent. Almost without exception, companies had to adapt to the new conditions imposed by the pandemic (Butler, 2020).
COVID 19 not only influenced the economic environment, but also influenced the lives of all citizens. Citizens around the world have been subjected to various restrictions that have mainly involved social distancing and changing the way they carry out their professional activity in general (Rump and Eilers, 2020)....