The Benefits of Business Continuity Management

Introduction

Due to the continuously changing and challenging operating environment, Business Continuity Management (BCM) is becoming more and more important to build organisational resilience and sustainability. The training course will focus on the role BCM plays in building resilient organisations, the role and responsibilities of the different stakeholders and the full Business Continuity Management lifecycle.

Business Continuity Management (BCM) has become an essential management practice in today’s world. Amongst other elements, a successful BCM programme includes the development and testing of well-defined and structured business continuity strategies and associated plans. Properly thought out, documented, implemented and tested business continuity strategies and plans will facilitate the response to, and recovery from, unforeseen disasters or emergencies as effectively as possible.

The purpose of this training course will be to provide guidance in alignment with international best practice and standards, namely: ISO 22301 and the Good Practice guidelines of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

Business continuity should not be viewed in isolation and links to the following response plans should also be considered:

• Emergency Response Plan
• Disaster Recovery Policy and procedures
• Crisis Management

This GLOMACS Benefits of Business Continuity Management training course will feature:

• Understand why business continuity is necessary
• Outline fundamental BCM principles and concepts
• Explain and understand the link and relationship between risk and BCM in order to build organisational resilience
• Overview of international standards (ISO 22301) and best practice
• Understand the BCM lifecycle covering the following key areas:
  • Policy and program management
  • Embedding BCM
  • Business Impact analysis and risk assessment
  • Business continuity strategies
  • Implementation of business continuity plans
  • Performance evaluation
  • Validation and testing of business continuity plans
  • Outline key role players for BCM roles and responsibilities

Objectives

This is an intermediate-level BCM course whereby participants will acquire an understanding of BCM fundamentals and given an opportunity to practise and implement an actual risk assessment, business impact analysis, business continuity strategy and plan under a realistic learning environment.

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Identify potential threats that may disrupt business functions within the organization.
• Determine prioritised activities based on its recovery objectives, impacts and interdependencies.
• Identify and implement strategies for continuity of critical business functions.
• Develop effective and functional comprehensive continuity plans and procedures.

Methodology

This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes a combination of lecture, video, case studies, group discussion and participation in group/individual workshop session activities. Delegates are encouraged to bring specific experiences and issues they are facing to the session for group discussion.

Organisational Impact

The purpose of this Benefits of Business Continuity Management training course will be to provide guidance in alignment with international best practice and standards, namely: ISO 22301 and the Good Practice guidelines of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

• Understand why business continuity is necessary
• Outline fundamental BCM principles and concepts
• Explain and understand the link and relationship between risk and BCM in order to build organisational resilience
• Overview of international standards and best practice
• Understand the BCM lifecycle covering the following key areas:
  • Policy and programme management
  • Embedding BCM
  • Business Impact analysis and risk assessment
  • Business continuity strategies

Personal Impact

Attendees will be able to apply skills learnt from this training at a practical level to identify sources of major risks and hazards and to prioritize decisions for their control.

• Increasing career flexibility with new skills and knowledge
• Competent to carry out effective risk assessments and review lab safety protocols
• Accelerated problem resolution for all related issues
• Exposure to a range of lab safety perspectives by sharing best practice examples
• Increasing career flexibility with new skills and knowledge
• Competent to carry out effective business continuity.