Course Details
Business Continuity Planning
Dates will be avalible shortly
Professional Development
Business Management
Victoria University Professional and Executive Development
Pipitea Campus (Wellington CBD)
Victoria University
Wellington
Full Time
2 days
2 days
$1,290.00
10% Early bird discount 4 weeks before course
10% Early bird discount 4 weeks before course
Overview:
Would your business survive a major event? – Business Continuity Planning is an essential management tool to ensure that your business can continue to function during major disruptions and maintain a resilient position in its marketplace.
Over the past 12 months, we have all been exposed to a series of major disasters in New Zealand and overseas -the Christchurch earthquake, Pike River coal mine tragedy, Queensland floods, and the Tsunami in Japan.. While the main focus of the media is on survivor stories at the personal level, there are also very serious consequences at business level when these events occur. For businesses to survive a major interruption to their activities, it is essential for business managers to assess the key potential risks to their business, possible impact, and options for ensuring that their business is sustainable.
Business continuity planning (sometimes called “disaster planning”) is a structured approach that incorporates good management practice to ensure that the key parts of an organisation will be able to secure essential functions as an emergency response, continue to maintain operations and build towards a full recovery. Business continuity planning is an essential tool for every type of business and sector in New Zealand in today’s environment.
In this two-day course you will learn what you need to know about business continuity planning and how to apply it to your business or organisation.
Who should attend:
This workshop is designed for managers of businesses and organisations that need to plan a structured response to major events to ensure that essential functions and services can continue and move to a full recovery of business in due course.
Learning objectives:
To be able to:
• Identify potential risks and the impact of a major event on my business.
• Apply a structured approach to plan and prepare to operate through major risk events.
• Establish good practice within the organisation for business continuity management.
• Build commitment within the business to a good practice approach to business continuity.
• Train and prepare key people to respond appropriately to major risk events.
To understand:
• The context of major risk events in New Zealand.
• Risk assessment processes.
• Key roles and responsibilities for business continuity planning and management.
• Key questions to ask in assessing internal and external impacts of a major event on your organization.
Course outline:
Key topics that will be covered in the workshop:
• The New Zealand context for business continuity
• Major risk factors –case examples
• Business continuity planning (BCP) process
• Forming a BCP project team
• Consultation processes
• Identifying potential impacts on a business
• Assessing the critical functions of the business –internal and external
• Developing response strategies
• Indentifying resource and management needs
• Developing a business continuity strategy
• Communication to stakeholders
• Staff training and plan testing
• Plan monitoring and review
Course format:
The workshop will apply action learning techniques with a combination of lecture, group exercises, case studies and course workbooks. You will conduct an initial assessment of your business or organisation context using the business continuity planning model. You will also be provided with Standards NZ SAA/SNZ HB 221:2004 Business continuity management.
Would your business survive a major event? – Business Continuity Planning is an essential management tool to ensure that your business can continue to function during major disruptions and maintain a resilient position in its marketplace.
Over the past 12 months, we have all been exposed to a series of major disasters in New Zealand and overseas -the Christchurch earthquake, Pike River coal mine tragedy, Queensland floods, and the Tsunami in Japan.. While the main focus of the media is on survivor stories at the personal level, there are also very serious consequences at business level when these events occur. For businesses to survive a major interruption to their activities, it is essential for business managers to assess the key potential risks to their business, possible impact, and options for ensuring that their business is sustainable.
Business continuity planning (sometimes called “disaster planning”) is a structured approach that incorporates good management practice to ensure that the key parts of an organisation will be able to secure essential functions as an emergency response, continue to maintain operations and build towards a full recovery. Business continuity planning is an essential tool for every type of business and sector in New Zealand in today’s environment.
In this two-day course you will learn what you need to know about business continuity planning and how to apply it to your business or organisation.
Who should attend:
This workshop is designed for managers of businesses and organisations that need to plan a structured response to major events to ensure that essential functions and services can continue and move to a full recovery of business in due course.
Learning objectives:
To be able to:
• Identify potential risks and the impact of a major event on my business.
• Apply a structured approach to plan and prepare to operate through major risk events.
• Establish good practice within the organisation for business continuity management.
• Build commitment within the business to a good practice approach to business continuity.
• Train and prepare key people to respond appropriately to major risk events.
To understand:
• The context of major risk events in New Zealand.
• Risk assessment processes.
• Key roles and responsibilities for business continuity planning and management.
• Key questions to ask in assessing internal and external impacts of a major event on your organization.
Course outline:
Key topics that will be covered in the workshop:
• The New Zealand context for business continuity
• Major risk factors –case examples
• Business continuity planning (BCP) process
• Forming a BCP project team
• Consultation processes
• Identifying potential impacts on a business
• Assessing the critical functions of the business –internal and external
• Developing response strategies
• Indentifying resource and management needs
• Developing a business continuity strategy
• Communication to stakeholders
• Staff training and plan testing
• Plan monitoring and review
Course format:
The workshop will apply action learning techniques with a combination of lecture, group exercises, case studies and course workbooks. You will conduct an initial assessment of your business or organisation context using the business continuity planning model. You will also be provided with Standards NZ SAA/SNZ HB 221:2004 Business continuity management.
Ken Harris, Director, Harris Management Solutions Limited is a successful management consultant with over 20 years experience across a range of industry sectors. Ken’s major area of focus is on business strategy, best practice and business development. He has worked with several clients on business continuity and risk management strategies. He is also an experience management developer and course facilitator. You can find out more about Ken and his consulting business on his web site www.harris-management-solutions.com