How has the world of work behaved in the face of the crisis caused by the pandemic? What will be the trends that will change company-employee relations? What is interim management and how can I apply it in my company? These and other questions They were developed in the IUNIT webinar, by the hand of 3 great professionals; Manuel Monge, Doctor in Economics and Business, professor of our Master's Degree in Analysis of International Economic Relations Javier Moreno Navarro: Partner of Q Management of Transition, and Ignacio Cid Lozano, director of the Master in Analysis of International Economic Relations at IUNIT.

Economy between wars and pandemics:

A common axis derived from these catastrophes is the direct impact on human capital and, as a consequence, on the workforce. Productive assets are destroyed, it affects the savings rate in people, which causes less investment, also generated by the shortage of labor.

Wages and Pandemics

Common conclusions of pandemics in relation to work since the Black Death:

  • The salaries are increased progressively by 5% three decades after the epidemic
  • Balance between wages and prices, this natural rate decreases by 2%, the minimum point occurs 20 years later.
  • The effects of a financial crisis are less than those of a pandemic, the latter also entails an associated financial crisis.
  • Asymmetrically affects the countries, depends on the type of sector that has the most weight in your economy.
  • Factors such as technology on production, demographics such as the aging of the population, and politics can cause fluctuations but do not prevent negative consequences.

Employment and pandemic

These situations cause a change in trend. To reverse the situation, public measures are necessary based on the data and the consequences of similar situations such as the Black Death, the Spanish flu or the post-war economy.

Interim Management

A collaboration model in constant evolution, which can be applied to numerous groups and professional segments, with extensive practical applications.

Advantages of Interim Management:

  • Count on seniority experience for a certain project
  • Speed ​​in the implementation of solutions
  • Undertake dated projects preset ending
  • Flexibility recruitment, variable costs
  • Uncontaminated external vision, constructive criticism
  • access to talent with less risk
  • Possibility of later incorporation into the template
  • Commitment actual with the project

As a fundamental idea, Javier conveys that » There is a notable increase in the level of responsibility and control that each one of us has over our professional career. We must be aware that we build our professional career ourselves, which means having a strategy, not only of where to advance in our professional career, but also a strategy of periodic training, constant updating, always incorporating new skills that will place us in a competitive and favorable position to access the projects that interest us«