A Risk Management Approach to Business Continuity: Aligning Business Continuity with Corporate Governance - Softcover

Graham, Julia; Kaye, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931332363 ISBN 13: 9781931332361

Publisher: Rothstein Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Julia Graham and David Kaye, two globally recognized risk management experts with experience in 50 countries, were among the first to recognize the interrelationship of Risk Management and Business Continuity and demonstrate how to integrate them with Corporate Governance enterprise-wide. They focus on all the factors that must be considered when developing a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan, especially for multi-location or multinational companies. Endorsed by The Business Continuity Institute, Institute for Risk Management, and Disaster Recovery Institute International, the book includes: Chapter objectives, summaries and bibliographies; charts, sample forms, checklists throughout. Plentiful case studies, in boxed text, sourced globally in the UK, US, Europe, Australia, Asia, etc. Boxed inserts summarizing key concepts. Glossy of 150 risk management and business continuity terms. Wide range of challenges, including supply chain disruptions, media and brand attack, product contamination and product recall, bomb threats, chemical and biological threats, etc. Instructions for designing/executing team exercises with role playing to rehearse scenarios. Guidance on how to develop a business continuity plan, including a Business Impact Analysis. Downloadable Instructor Materials are available for college and professional developement use, including PowerPoint slides and syllabus for 12-week course with lecture outlines/notes, quizzes, reading assignments, discussion topics, projects "Provides clear guidance, supported with a wide range of memorable and highly relevant case studies, for any risk or business continuity manager to successfully meet the challenges of today and the future." --Steven Mellish, Chairman, The Business Continuity Institute

Consultants with experience in 50 countries show how to integrate business continuity, risk management, and corporate governance enterprise-wide. They focus on factors to consider in developing a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan. Includes case studies, charts, forms, checklists, boxed summaries of key concepts. Instructor Resources available.

Preface, by Senator George Mitchell ( Preface, by Steve Mellish, FBCI, The Business Continuity Institute Introduction 1. A Risk-Based Approach To Business Continuity 2. Stakeholders 3. Governance, Good Practice, Standards, Regulation and the Law 4. Culture, Strategy, Performance, Risk and Business Continuity 5. Getting Started: The Business Continuity Management Cycle 6. Introduction to the Business Impact Analysis 7. The Business Impact Analysis: A Hitch-Hikers Guide 8. Application and Uses of BIA Information 9. Technology, Exposures and Continuity 10. Dependency Management: Supplier Management, Outsourcing and Business Support 11. Opportunities and Other Applications for Business Continuity Tools and Principles 12. The People Factor 13. The Value of Insurance When Facing Potentially Catastrophic Risk 14. Communications 15. Emergency and Governmental Services 16. Rehearsals and Exercising of Plans and Risk Decision-Making 17. Maintenance, Benchmarking, Assurance and Audit 18. Developing a Plan - Putting Theory Into Practice Appendix A: British Standard PAS 56, Guide to Business Continuity Management, Annex Appendix B: BCM Evaluation Criteria Glossary About The Authors

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From the Inside Flap:

"The escalating pace of change, a rising tide of technological innovation, almost instantaneous transmission of breaking news and the globalization of crime and terrorism, all combine to provide a heady cocktail of challenge for today's organization. "Clear to all business watchers are the dramatic ways that businesses have responded to these challenges and reorganized themselves, as they have taken up the opportunities available. These include new uses for technology, faster and direct to customer communications, increasingly open foreign market opportunities, outsourcing and offshoring, harnessing the power of the brand, sophisticated supply chain management, just-in-time delivery cycles, the ability to mine huge databases in milliseconds, and new relationships with the workforce. "These elements of the modern business may offer great flexibility and a magnificent ability to relate precisely to the needs of individual customers and other stakeholders. They have, however, also given rise to critical dependencies and single points of potential catastrophic risk and failure. Organizations can upsize and respond to new selling opportunities very quickly indeed. If an organization is fighting though a crisis, its competitors will most likely be well positioned to seize any opportunities created by the distraction and diversion of attention that recovery can demand. Interestingly therefore, the risk of sudden destruction of today's modern organization, however huge, diverse, financially strong and multinational, is more likely than businesses using the models seen in the 1990s and before. "The most critical failure points are not financial. Company boards have long established financial risk measuring mechanisms but the response to these new exposures and the growing influence of regulators are driving boards increasingly to consider non-financial risk. This is tougher to quantify, harder to grasp and consequently can give rise to boards feeling less comfortable and in control and consequently, less confident. "Business Continuity Management is coming of age to respond to the new needs of its own stakeholder, the organization for which it carries the responsibility. It is indivisible from risk management and is an increasingly important tool of risk management. The Continuity Industry leaders are now looking well beyond technology and other infrastructure replacement, and see a crucial value for themselves at the very top of level of their organization's strategy setting. They set out to understand the importance of these dependencies, measure the risk and impact in its very widest sense, and then ensure resilience and an ability to respond and recover to a level that the whole range of stakeholders are entitled to expect. "This book is a must read for those senior managers, risk managers and continuity managers who have the vision to see both the new opportunities and the new responsibilities of business continuity management." George J. Mitchell, Chairman DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Former Senate Majority Leader and U.S. Senator for Maine Senator Mitchell successfully chaired the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland.

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Key Features

a[ Sets the scene for Business Continuity Management (BCM)

a[ Demonstrates the value of organizational understanding of BCM

a[ Assesses a wide variety of risks and opportunities

a[ Examines practical tools and part of risk management and corporate governance

a[ Gives clear advice on moving from theory to practical application

a[ Endorsed by Institute for Risk Management; the Business Continuity Institute; the Disaster Continuity Institute; and Survive.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rothstein Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1931332363
• ISBN 13: 9781931332361
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416