Business Continuity For Dummies
Auteurs : Sterling Stuart, Payne Anna, Duddridge Brian, Elliott Andrew, Conway Michael
- Assess and minimize the risk of disruption to your business
- Create your own business continuity plan
- Apply business continuity in practice
Introduction 1
Part I: Discovering Business Continuity 7
Chapter 1: Introducing Business Continuity 9
Chapter 2: Understanding the Importance of Business Continuity 19
Chapter 3: Achieving Rapid Results and Quick Wins 33
Part II: Starting Out on Your Business Continuity Journey 51
Chapter 4: Focusing on What’s Important: Business Impact Analysis 53
Chapter 5: Considering the Risks to Your Business 71
Chapter 6: Building Resilience in Your Supply Chain 95
Chapter 7: Selecting the Right Continuity Strategies 107
Chapter 8: Developing Your Business Continuity Plan 127
Part III: Embedding Business Continuity into Your Company 141
Chapter 9: Building a Great Business Continuity Team 143
Chapter 10: Managing a Crisis 153
Chapter 11: Validating Your Business Continuity Plan 171
Part IV: Examining Business Continuity in Specific Contexts 193
Chapter 12: Calling in the Experts 195
Chapter 13: Viewing Business Continuity from a Manufacturing Perspective 207
Chapter 14: Developing a Retail Business Continuity Programme 217
Chapter 15: Using Business Continuity with Professional Services Firms 225
Chapter 16: Making Insurance Work 235
Part V: The Part of Tens 249
Chapter 17: Ten Top Tips for Keeping Your IT in Great Shape 251
Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Communicating Internally During a Disruption 257
Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Effective External Communication in a Crisis 263
Index 269
Primary market
- Small business owners and managers.
Secondary market
- Business continuity professionals looking for accessible guidance for their clients.
Stuart Sterling and Anna Payne work in the Civil Contingencies Secretariat of the Cabinet Office. Brian Duddridge is Business Continuity Manager for the Welsh Government. Andrew Elliott is the External Business Continuity Policy Lead for the Scottish Government. Michael Conway is Director at Renaissance Contingency Services.
Date de parution : 12-2012
Ouvrage de 304 p.
18.5x23.4 cm