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Emergency Management
Published in Michael L. Madigan, Handbook of Emergency Management Concepts, 2017
Preparedness measures can take many forms, ranging from focusing on individual people, locations, or incidents to broader, government-based “all-hazard” planning. There are a number of preparedness stages between all-hazard and individual planning, generally involving some combination of both mitigation and response planning. Business continuity planning encourages businesses to have a disaster recovery plan. Community- and faith-based organizations’ mitigation efforts promote field response teams and interagency planning.
Communicating Value to Investors
Published in Szycher Michael, Szycher’s Practical Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2018
Business continuity planning (BCP) is a technique that is designed to help organizations quickly return to normal operations after a crisis.33 Originally, BCP largely focused on ensuring that an organization’s data stores would be preserved in the event of a crisis. Now, however, many view BCP as including all essential aspects of the organization during and after a crisis.
Handling Supply Chain Crises when everything has been done to avoid them
Published in Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 2018
Maria Desoutter, Alexandre Lavissière
Possible future crises can be proactively identified thanks to regular risk assessment. Some mitigation actions can also be undertaken to avoid these crises. It is, however, essential to plan thoroughly for possible crises and be ready to face them with an action plan designed to minimize the potential impact of the disaster. Business Continuity Planning prepares a company for emergency management in case of need and aims to minimize the potential impact of a disaster.