The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is evident in many sectors, from service to manufacturing, leading to a synchronized shutdown of an industry not seen since World War II. The pandemic has enormous social, economic and political consequences. It will undoubtedly be marked as a watershed moment in modern history and will cause a change in the lifestyle we have known for the last few decades. In addition to being one of the greatest crises in our civilization in shock, scale and depth, the pandemic has caused many problems for vehicle manufacturers. Broken supply chains, cessation of production, shutting down factories, layoffs and declining interest and customer demand are circumstances that are driving the automotive industry into a deeper recession. The aim of the paper is to point out the consequences that the coronavirus pandemic will have on the automotive sector, as well as to identify the deficiencies of the planning system, the lack of risk management and emergency management by analyzing the basic elements o f the supply chain.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented problems, both economically and organizationally, healthily and socially. Among the most affected industries are tourism and hospitality. The introduction of quarantine, the inability to travel and the restriction of movement, as well as the decline in interest, have led to enormous financial losses for hotels and restaurants around the world, and redundancies. The connection between tourist organizations, carriers and hotels was suddenly severed, so that the entire tourist season in 2020 failed. When you look at the assumptions about the recovery of the tourism industry, it is obvious that the situation is not good, it is even devastating. The multi-year trend of progress and development, which brought in large incomes and employed millions of people around the world, was interrupted. It will not be possible to return to the level from 2019 for at least a year or two, so different scenarios are mentioned, from moderate to pessimistic. In that sense, the biggest loss will be the dismissal of more than 100 million employees in the sector worldwide, as well as the large losses of airlines and carriers. Since the losses are almost irreparable, agencies, hotels, restaurants, airlines and tour operators have sought the help of their governments, in order to overcome the catastrophic situation to some extent. First, assistance was offered to airlines in America and Europe, and later in Asia (South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia). Later, with the apparent extension of the pandemic, governments began to consider the need to provide funds for the financial consolidation of hotels, restaurants and tour operators. That support varies from country to country, from company to company.

This paper analyses the business operation of trade companies in the Republic of Serbia during the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact of the crisis caused by this virus on the work of these companies. Namely, this crisis has caused serious problems in a short period in most sectors and altered the way they do business. It can be said that to a certain extent it caused damage to trade companies, with the effect of the pandemic differing by trade segments. For example, trade companies selling food products even achieved positive results in 2020, when compared to 2019. Accordingly, this paper aims to perceive the manner of business operation and achieved economic results of trade companies that operate in the territory of the Republic of Serbia during the period of existence of the Covid-19 virus.

Modern trends operating from the environment require a different shaping of the organizational structure of the company. Accordingly, instead of traditional forms, more flexible organizational structures appear that are based on the characteristics of organic design. The emphasis is primarily on accepting change, decentralization of decision-making, a wider range of control, teamwork, adequate organizational culture, good interpersonal relationships, continuous learning and innovation development. Technological progress, scientific achievements, and thus the even greater need for continuous learning and acquiring new knowledge, as important characteristics of the modern business environment, have had the greatest impact on shaping the organizational structure of the company. The fact that information technology and knowledge are the basis of new organizational forms speaks in favor of that. Globalization has also played a role in creating the conditions for changing the organizational structure of companies, as well as the time of the COVID 19 pandemic. Organisations have been forced to do business differently and business processes have had to change rapidly in order for organisations to survive. The aim of this work is to indicate the fundamental trends that operate from the business environment and condition the need for the application of more flexible organizational forms. In addition, the aim of the paper is to point out the characteristics of organizational models that have emerged under the influence of these trends.