A Mechanism for Overcoming the Negative Consequences of COVID Lockdowns in Russian Organizations

The research is aimed at analyzing and systematizing the consequences for organizations from the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of restrictive lockdowns, as well as finding effective tools for levelling them in the conditions of Russian reality. It is determined that the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by the state to combat it have become catalysts for structural changes in organizations of an organizational and economic, technological and socio-psychological nature. The positive effects and negative consequences of the pandemic and the restrictive lockdowns introduced were assessed using the method of interviewing representatives of Russian business structures. Among the negative consequences, a decrease in the organization’s income, a decline in demand for products, a reduction in economic opportunities for most types of business, a lower efficiency of staff, organizational problems of switching to a remote work format are highlighted. The directions of overcoming the negative consequences of the pandemic for Russian organizations are determined, including the search for additional sources of income, optimization of internal processes, digital transformation. In order to neutralize objectively developing negative processes and potential socio-economic risks and their consequences, the author’s mechanism of adaptation of the organization to new conditions is proposed.