OVERVIEW
Business Continuity Management (BCM) is about identifying those key elements of your organization that you cannot afford to lose and the ability to manage these to avoid critical loss to the organisation. These may include; Information, Stock, Premises, and Staff. This training will help you plan and prepare on the best measures to put in place to minimise impact of any economic crisis and be back in business within the shortest time possible. Delays could lead to loss of faith in your services and a chance for the competition to put you out of business.
WHO TO ATTEND
Middle and Senior Executives in private and public sector organizations and institutions.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Reduce the likelihood of a disruption that affects business through a risk management process
- Minimise the impact of that disruption should it occur
- Protect staff and their welfare; ensure staff know their roles and responsibilities
- Preserve and maintain relationships with customers
- Mitigate negative publicity
- Safeguard market shares/ competitive advantage
- Protect profits or revenue to avoid financial losses
- Prevent or reduce damage to reputation and image
- Protect key business activities to ensure services are maintained
- Enhance the ability to recover, following a disruption to normal operating conditions
OUTLINE
- Accountability, roles and management of BCM Process
- Risk assessment and business impact analysis
- BCM Plan strategies and execution
- The effect of competitive pressures, strategic choices, technology change, etc. affecting BCM
- Understanding and communicating the need for change, managing resistance to change.
- Analysing existing business framework for impacts
- Legal regulatory and contractual aspects of BCM
- Testing and internal audit participation
- Deployment and maintenance of BCM framework
- Understanding organisational culture and internal processes.
- Change management and implementation strategies and techniques.
- Role as consultants in the growing field of BCM