As a responsible manager, you need to consider threats to your organization's resilience. In this guide, Douglas M. Henderson will help you follow a clearly explained, step-by-step process to conduct a risk assessment. --
As an instructor, you have seen business continuity and risk management grow exponentially, offering an exciting array of career possibilities to your students. They need the tools needed to begin their careers -- and to be ready for industry changes and new career paths. You cannot afford to use limited and inflexible teaching materials that might close doors or limit their options. Written with your classroom in mind,Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience is the flexible, modular textbook you have been seeking -- combining business continuity and risk management. Full educator-designed teaching materials available for download. From years of experience teaching and consulting in Business Continuity and Risk, Kurt J. Engemann and Douglas M. Henderson explain everything clearly without extra words or extraneous philosophy. Your students will grasp and apply the main ideas quickly. They will feel that the authors wrote this textbook with them specifically in mind -- as if their questions are answered even before they ask them. Covering both Business Continuity and Risk Management and how these two bodies of knowledge and practice interface, Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience is a state-of-the-art textbook designed to be easy for the student to understand -- and for you, as instructor, to present. Flexible, modular design allows you to customize a study plan with chapters covering: Business Continuity and Risk principles and practices. Information Technology and Information Security. Emergency Response and Crisis Management. Risk Modeling – in-depth instructions for students needing the statistical underpinnings in Risk Management. Global Standards and Best Practices Two real-world case studies are integrated throughout the text to give future managers experience in applying chapter principles to a service company and a manufacturer. Chapter objectives, discussion topics, review questions, numerous charts and graphs. Glossary and Index. Full bibliography at the end of each chapter. Extensive, downloadable classroom-tested Instructor Resources are available for college courses and professional development training, including slides, syllabi, test bank, discussion questions, and case studies. Endorsed by The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and The Institute of Risk Management (IRM). QUOTES "It's difficult to write a book that serves both academia and practitioners, but this text provides a firm foundation for novices and a valuable reference for experienced professionals."--Security Management Magazine "The authors...bring the subject to life with rich teaching and learning features, making it an essential read for students and practitioners alike." – Phil AUTHOR BIOS Kurt J. Engemann, PhD, CBCP, is the Director of the Center for Business Continuity and Risk Management and Professor of Information Systems in the Hagan School of Business at Iona College. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management Douglas M. Henderson, FSA, CBCP, is President of Disaster Management, Inc., and has 20+ years of consulting experience in all areas of Business Continuity and Emergency Response Management. He is the author of Is Your Business Ready for the Next Disaster? and a number of templates.
This Business Continuity Program was created specifically for manufacturing and distribution. It is a comprehensive collection of Microsoft Word templates that are easy to fill in and update and require no special training to use. They help your business protect itself from natural and man-made threats by designing a response and recovery plan for all critical operations. This step-by-step program contains seven distinct “projects” to move you from initial data collection all the way to testing and updating your continuity plan. As each step is completed, you come closer to achieving the critical goal of being prepared. The first project entails the Collection of Information including timetables for plan completion, conducting inspections, identifying risks and exposures and meeting with colleagues from each major business unit. The second project is conducting a Business Impact Analysis, which is not a planning component; but rather establishes the road map for development of the entire continuity plan. The third project is the overarching Business Continuity Plan for your response to a disaster situation. It identifies and develops solutions to maintain or rapidly restore operations. The fourth project is the Crisis/Risk Management Plan, outlining the steps to be taken to respond to specific disaster events (generally weather related) including life saving steps and recovery after the event. The fifth project is a complete plan for Information Technology. The sixth project outlines the proper actions for each operational group or department within the organization. The seventh project includes assembling all the information from the prior projects and disseminating to management and employees. The eighth project provides an outline for exercises, training, and ongoing requirements. Creating an effective business continuity program can seem a daunting task, but this CD-ROM makes it all easy. Don’t be overwhelmed by the breadth of this critical task when it can be simple.
COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS and CONTINUITY PROGRAM for COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (2nd Edition) Product Description: The template package is a complete emergency management program for colleges and universities. The templates include actions to be taken: * To reduce the probability of a crisis event occurring. * To mitigate the impact of a crisis event for crisis events that can not be avoided. * Actions to be taken during a crisis event. * Actions to be taken after the crisis event to return to normal operations. Key features: * The planning templates are written in as easy-to-use Microsoft Word format. * The planning templates are written for a college and university environment. * The development of the templates has evolved over several years and has received extensive field testing in a college and university setting. Highlights and Product Details: * The planning templates are written in easy-to-use Microsoft Word designed with “fill-in-the blank’ and “edit-out” text. * There is a comprehensive hazard-specific Crisis Plan that includes actions to be taken during each of the four phases of emergency management: * Prevention / Mitigation * Preparation * Response * Recovery * The comprehensive Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) is a complete central plan that: * Delineates an organizational structure designed to interface with the organizational structure of civil emergency responders. * Establishes clear guidelines for program activation and operation. * Synchronizes and coordinates the responsibilities and activities of the major departments that comprise the organization. * Develops planning for twelve major departments (Academic Affairs, Auxiliary Services, Business Services, Environmental Health and Safety, Facilities, Finance and Administration, Human Resources, Information Technology, Public Relations, Residential Life, Security and Student Affairs). * There are special templates that focus on safety and security issues for faculty, staff and students.
Template for Comprehensive Business Continuity Management to Enhance Your Organization's Resilience: Business Impact Analysis, Business Continuity, Emergency Response, Training, Implementation, Exercise and Maintenance, (5th Edition, 2016) The Template for Comprehensive Business Continuity Management to Enhance Your Organization's Resilience is designed to assist you with the development of a comprehensive Business Continuity Management program. The templates will enable you to collect information and evaluate the business environment, identify and reduce risks, analyze business operations, analyze alternatives to respond to disruptions, develop a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan, develop plans to prepare for and respond to hazards-specific events. Your Business has Questions … How do we get started and where do we begin? How do we reduce risk and improve business resiliency? What analysis do we need to perform? How do we respond to an emergency and what are our priorities? What actions do we take first? How can we protect our business assets, maintain critical operations, recover normal operations and protect our workforce? Disaster Management, Inc has the answers … The Template for Comprehensive Business Continuity Management to Enhance Your Organization's Resilience identifies step-by-step solutions to these and to other important questions. There is substantial standard language that enables the user to easily review and edit-out text. . The files are in easy-to-use Microsoft Word. The program has evolved over several years and has received extensive field testing. There are over 50 files with over 1,000 pages organized into the following topics: * Information Gathering – gathering data and risk identification * Analysis – Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment and Strategy Development executive management reports * Business Continuity Plan (BCP) – the central or overarching plan for the business * Department Plans – function-specific plans for key support departments and operational groups * Crisis Management Protocols – a hazard-specific set of actions to be taken during each of the four phases of emergency management (Prevention / Mitigation, Preparation, Response and Recovery) * Implementation and Maintenance – implementation steps, employee distributions, exercises, update and audit steps Follows the guidelines recommended by the Disaster Recovery Institute International, Business Continuity Institute Good Practices Guide, NFPA 1600 Standard on Disaster / Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs and industry best practices.
As an instructor, you have seen business continuity and risk management grow exponentially, offering an exciting array of career possibilities to your students. They need the tools needed to begin their careers -- and to be ready for industry changes and new career paths. You cannot afford to use limited and inflexible teaching materials that might close doors or limit their options. Written with your classroom in mind,Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience is the flexible, modular textbook you have been seeking -- combining business continuity and risk management. Full educator-designed teaching materials available for download. From years of experience teaching and consulting in Business Continuity and Risk, Kurt J. Engemann and Douglas M. Henderson explain everything clearly without extra words or extraneous philosophy. Your students will grasp and apply the main ideas quickly. They will feel that the authors wrote this textbook with them specifically in mind -- as if their questions are answered even before they ask them. Covering both Business Continuity and Risk Management and how these two bodies of knowledge and practice interface, Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience is a state-of-the-art textbook designed to be easy for the student to understand -- and for you, as instructor, to present. Flexible, modular design allows you to customize a study plan with chapters covering: Business Continuity and Risk principles and practices. Information Technology and Information Security. Emergency Response and Crisis Management. Risk Modeling – in-depth instructions for students needing the statistical underpinnings in Risk Management. Global Standards and Best Practices Two real-world case studies are integrated throughout the text to give future managers experience in applying chapter principles to a service company and a manufacturer. Chapter objectives, discussion topics, review questions, numerous charts and graphs. Glossary and Index. Full bibliography at the end of each chapter. Extensive, downloadable classroom-tested Instructor Resources are available for college courses and professional development training, including slides, syllabi, test bank, discussion questions, and case studies. Endorsed by The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and The Institute of Risk Management (IRM). QUOTES "It's difficult to write a book that serves both academia and practitioners, but this text provides a firm foundation for novices and a valuable reference for experienced professionals."--Security Management Magazine "The authors...bring the subject to life with rich teaching and learning features, making it an essential read for students and practitioners alike." – Phil AUTHOR BIOS Kurt J. Engemann, PhD, CBCP, is the Director of the Center for Business Continuity and Risk Management and Professor of Information Systems in the Hagan School of Business at Iona College. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management Douglas M. Henderson, FSA, CBCP, is President of Disaster Management, Inc., and has 20+ years of consulting experience in all areas of Business Continuity and Emergency Response Management. He is the author of Is Your Business Ready for the Next Disaster? and a number of templates.
Risk assessment is required for just about all business plans or decisions. As a responsible manager, you need to consider threats to your organization’s resilience. But to determine probability and impact – and reduce your risk – can be a daunting task. Guided by Douglas M. Henderson’s The Manager’s Guide to Risk Assessment: Getting It Right, you will confidently follow a clearly explained, step-by-step process to conduct a risk assessment. As you embark on the risk assessment process, you could not find a better and more uniquely qualified guide than Douglas M. Henderson. His 20+ years of experience with major consulting firms includes certification as a professional actuary and business continuity planner. His actuarial knowledge makes him an expert in applying mathematical and statistical methods to help organizations to assess and manage risks. He has applied this real-world knowledge of risk to helping businesses prepare for emergencies and business interruptions of all types. Henderson offers samples and checklists, including case studies using a fictional company in which he conducts a complete qualitative risk assessment and then a complete quantitative risk assessment, then arrives at a set of comparable actions. His explanations and sample problems will help you to: Define risk management terms, such as threat, event, and risk control. Identify threats and determine the worst-case situation your organization could face. Collect information on probability for natural and non-natural threats. Understand the difference between qualitative and quantitative risk assessment. Describe probability and impact levels. Identify exposures and examine specific risk controls. Estimate a financial value for implementing a risk control. Determine when outside professional help is needed. As an added bonus, Henderson explores the topic of risk controls with you, helping you to evaluate what risk controls will best reduce the probability of disruptive events and reduce their impact should they occur. To insure the best investment of time and money, you will perform a cost-benefit analysis for each possible risk control to make the best choice for your organization.
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