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Business Continuity Planning
Increasing Workplace Resilience to Disasters
Offers evidence-based best practices for business continuity planning in the face of disasters
Brenda D. Phillips (Author), Mark Landahl (Author)
9780128138441, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 26 November 2020
194 pages
23.4 x 19 x 1.4 cm, 0.43 kg
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.
Chapter One. The Challenges of Business Continuity Planning Introduction What Most Businesses Do (Not Do) in a Disaster Hazards that Become (Business) Disasters Types of Disaster Planning The Benefits of Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Essential Principles for BC Planning Upcoming Chapters Chapter Two. Setting the Stage The Challenges of Business Continuity Planning The Effects of Disasters on Businesses Essential Actions for Starting the Planning Process Chapter Three. Pre-planning Steps to Launch BCP Introduction Hazard Identification Risk Assessment Loss Estimation Business impact analysis Determining Acceptable Losses Mitigating Losses Essential Actions Chapter Four. Parts of a Business Continuity Plan Scenarios and Decision-Making Critical Functions Assets and Workarounds Essential Partnerships Essential Actions to Take Chapter Five. Managing Disruptions Introduction Infrastructure Disruptions Downtime Management Displacement Management Restoring Critical Functions Essential Actions Chapter Six. Managing Human Resources Introduction Case Examples The Critical Role of Human Resources Management What Employees May Experience What Employers May Experience Navigating Recovery Essential Actions Chapter 7. Strengthening and Testing your Business Continuity Plan Introduction Training on the BCP Creating scenarios · Exercises Virtual/Simulations · Creating a culture of preparedness Essential Actions Chapter 8. Becoming More Resilient Introduction Resilience Mitigation The Recovery Process Essential Actions Appendix1. Emergency Response Planning Basics2. Mitigation Planning Basics3. Essential Tools and Resources for BCP (worksheets, checklists, etc.)
Subject Areas: Natural disasters [RNR], The environment [RN], Social impact of disasters [JFFC]
