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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

For example, business continuity management has a slightly different set of priorities which induces it to change the emphasis among triggering factors (Elliott et al. Approaches to emergency management teaching at the master’s level. Journal of Emergency Management 11(1): 59-72. Caffrey 2005. Elliott, D., Swartz and B.

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The Dark Side of Incident Recovery

Plan B Consulting

Within the UK, there is good practice for setting up disaster funds, after a number of scandals in the past, where disaster funds have not been properly managed. As business continuity professionals, you have to be aware of this and take steps to ensure that unscrupulous people and organisations are not taking advantage of the situation.

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The Dark Side of Incident Recovery

Plan B Consulting

Within the UK, there is good practice for setting up disaster funds, after a number of scandals in the past, where disaster funds have not been properly managed. As business continuity professionals, you have to be aware of this and take steps to ensure that unscrupulous people and organisations are not taking advantage of the situation.

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The Intersection of BCM and ERM

Castellan

Business Continuity Management Enterprise Risk Management BCM addresses the development of strategies, plans and actions which provide risk reduction opportunities, response frameworks and alternative modes of operation for critical business processes and technologies. COSO ERM – Integrated Framework – 2004).

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Strikes and Continuity

Plan B Consulting

Although the Gate Gourmet strike in 2005, which had a major impact on the operations of British Airways, shows that in spite of current laws this still can happen. So strikes are just one more thing for the business continuity manager to think about! Therefore it is very unlikely for there to be a ‘down tools everybody out’ situation.

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Strikes and Continuity

Plan B Consulting

Although the Gate Gourmet strike in 2005, which had a major impact on the operations of British Airways, shows that in spite of current laws this still can happen. So strikes are just one more thing for the business continuity manager to think about! Therefore it is very unlikely for there to be a ‘down tools everybody out’ situation.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

Since the late 20th century, the concept of anomie has been reinterpreted (Allan 2005, pp. Journal of Emergency Management 8(6): 15-27. Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management. He attributed it to rapid population growth. It has also been related to the growth of individualism (Marks 1974, p.