近日，据信息技术研究与顾问咨询公司高德纳发布的《新兴风险监测报告》显示，第二波新冠疫情将继续作为企业高层管理者最关心的问题。

高德纳风险和审计业务副总裁Matt Shinkman表示：“鉴于美国总统大选，持续的极端天气事件和广泛的社会动荡，全球高管们一致强调第二波Covid-19是首要风险。”

Shinkman表示：“新冠疫情加剧了高管们在报告中提到的许多其他风险，或是出现了一系列全新的运营风险领域，因此，对第二波疫情的担忧占据主导地位是有道理的。”

此外，高管们还对在面临新冠疫情和相关的经济动荡时管理长期远程办公及其组织的战略响应表示关注。

高管们表示，根据疫情前的报告，疫情前只有10％的劳动力长期处于远程办公状态，而疫情爆发后，这一比例上升至19％。

Shinkman表示：“我们看到，高管们开始接受在疫情早期阶段不可行的长期远程办公，这样突然的转变暴露出在人员管理和风险管理能力方面存在巨大的运营漏洞。”

Shinkman指出，人力资源主管已经加强了对员工生产力的监督，73%的主管表示他们正在参与某种形式的监督，而4月份这一比例还不到一半。

该报告调查了119名来自不同行业和地区的高管。

‘SECOND WAVE’ OF COVID-19 IS TOP CONCERN FOR EXECUTIVES, REMOTE WORK IS ALSO A WORRY: GARTNER

(Dec.3, 2020, /staffingindustry.com/)A “second wave” of Covid-19 topped executive concerns for the second quarter in a row, according to the “Emerging Risks Monitor Report” released by Garner Inc.

“The consistency with which executives around the world are highlighting the second wave of Covid-19 as the top risk is notable in light of a looming and significant US presidential election, continued extreme weather events and broad social instability,” said Matt Shinkman, VP with the Gartner Risk and Audit Practice.

“The pandemic has either exacerbated many of the other risks noted by executives in our report or created entirely new sets of operational risk areas, so it makes sense that concerns over a second wave predominate,” Shinkman continued.

Executives also expressed concerns over managing long-term remote work and their organization’s strategic responses in the face of the pandemic and related economic disruptions.

Executives said that 19% of their workforces will be permanently remote compared to just 10% pre-pandemic, according to the report.

“We are beginning to see executives come to terms with prolonged remote work in a way that wasn’t feasible in the early stages of the pandemic, with the abruptness of the move revealing large operational holes in the ability to manage people and risks,” Shinkman said.

He noted that HR leaders have stepped up monitoring of employee productivity with 73% indicating they are partaking in some sort of monitoring, compared to less than half in April.

The report surveyed 119 senior executives across industries and geographies.