Business Continuity Planning: Increasing Workplace Resilience to Disasters

Brenda D. Phillips , Mark Landahl 지음

elsevier 2020년 11월 27일 출간

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Terrorism, natural disasters, or hazardous materials threaten the viability for all types of businesses. With an eye toward business scale, scope, and diversity, Business Continuity Planning: Increasing Workplace Resilience to Disasters, addresses a range of potential businesses from home-based to large corporations in the face of these threats, including the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Information on business continuity planning is easy to find but can be difficult to work through. Terminology, required content, and planning barriers often prevent progress. This volume solves such problems by guiding readers, step-by-step, through such actions as identifying hazards and assessing risks, writing critical functions, forming teams, and encouraging stakeholder participation. In essence, this volume serves as a business continuity planning coach for people new to the process or seeking to strengthen and deepen their ongoing efforts. By engaging stakeholders in a business continuity planning process, businesses can protect employees, customers, and their financial stability. Coupled with examples from recent disasters, planners will be able to inspire and involve stakeholders in creating a more resilient workplace. Designed for both educators and practitioners, Business Continuity Planning: Increasing Workplace Resilience to Disasters walks users through how to understand and execute the essential steps of business continuity planning.Presents evidence-based best practices coupled with standard operating procedures for business continuity planning in a stepwise, user-oriented mannerIncludes numerous examples and case studies bringing the ideas and procedures to lifeProvides user-friendly materials and resources, such as templated worksheets, checklists, and procedures with clear instructions, making the volume engaging and immediately operational

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Chapter One. The Challenges of Business Continuity Planning Introduction What Most Businesses Do (Not Do) in a Disaster Hazards that Become (Business) Disasters Natural Hazards Tsunamis and Cascading Events Hurricanes and Cyclones Floods Earthquakes Volcanos Tornadoes Hazardous Materials Technological Disruptions Terrorism and Active Attackers Pandemics Types of Disaster Planning Mitigation Planning Preparedness and Planning Response Planning Recovery and Business Continuity Planning The Benefits of Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Mission fulfillment The financial bottom line Loss containment Customer bases Human resources Diversity in the business community Essential Principles for BC Planning Involvement and inclusion Planning is a process Evidence-based planning A culture of continuity Upcoming Chapters Chapter Two. Setting the Stage The Challenges of Business Continuity Planning Getting people??s attention Securing a commitment from the CEO Lack of knowledge or understanding Educating and involving people on planning as a process The Effects of Disasters on Businesses Direct impacts Indirect impacts Downtime Displacement Impacts on employees Impacts on customers Businesses that fail Essential Actions for Starting the Planning Process Get a team together Establish a timeline Kick off th

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저자(글) Brenda D. Phillips

저자(글) Mark Landahl