The (new) ways of working in Spain show organizational flexibility to deal with any challenge
The trend toward (new) ways of working in Spain after the Covid-19 pandemic shows a deployment of extensive organizational flexibility for dealing with any environment. The focus is on project-based organization, workers’ overall health, implementing systems to monitor performance and two pending tasks: innovation and digitalization. The article describes a study by the Spanish Association of People Management and Development (AEDIPE) during the last quarter of 2021 and the first of 2022, gathering the opinion of 527 CEOs and Human Resources managers of prominent Spanish companies. The results show eight main ideas that enable companies to develop flexibility and reorganization as a means for their stability. 1) More than 35% of workers will consolidate their partial work from home. 2) Companies are looking for performance monitoring tools that give them support for control and trust. 3) The wellbeing of employees is central in the post-Covid-19 era. 4) Innovation and digitalization continue to be pending issues. 5) There are significant differences between the coping strategies of large and small companies. 6) Workspaces tend to become collaborative and sustainable. 7) Project management displaces departmental management in organizational structures. 8) Recruitment and selection are of increasing concern to human resources professionals.
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Currently working in the practical application of Behavioural Economics, particularly in the financial sector, and insurer as a founder of BEruns. Member of the Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists (GAABS), the Scientific Society of Behavioural Economics, the Scientific Committee of Workshop Pensions and Insurance, the Observatory of European Systems of Complementary Social Pension Plans, both from the University of Barcelona, and the AEDIPE Board of Catalonia. He was director of People Services for CaixaBank Operational Services, providing people management services for companies in the CaixaBank group from 2018 to 2021. From 1999 to 2018, he was director of People for VidaCaixa and head of Training, CaixaBank Insurance Group, and leader of pensions and life insurance in the Spanish market. During this period, he was a member of the Labour Commission of the board for the UNESPA insurance sector.
Previously a consultant in the field of human resources and organization at the companies PWC and Accenture.
Doctorate in Economics and degree in Psychology from the University of Valencia. Postgraduate in Savings Expert and Social Security from the Pompeu Fabra University and General Management Programme at the IESE Business School.