Business Continuity Strategies (ePub)

Cost-efficient business contingency and continuity planning for a
post-9/11 and Katrina world

Disasters can happen. Contingency plans are necessary. But how
detailed and expensive do your contingency and continuity plans
really need to be?

Employing a thoroughly practical approach, Business Continuity
Strategies: Protecting Against Unplanned Disasters, Third Edition
provides a proven methodology for implementing a realistic and
cost-efficient business contingency program. Kenneth Myers--an
internationally recognized contingency planning specialist--shows
corporate leaders how to prepare a logical "what if" plan that
would enable an organization to retain market share, service
customers, and maintain cash flow if a disaster occurs.

Completely updated throughout to reflect lessons learned from 9/11
and hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, Business Continuity Strategies,
Third Edition helps cost-conscious senior management:

* Establish a corporate contingency program policy and strategy
that ensures timely completion of a plan, with minimal disruption
to operations

* Minimize plan development costs

* Understand the importance of conducting briefings to communicate
the proper mindset before the program development process
begins

* Save time and money by avoiding a consultant's traditional
approach of extensive information-gathering that contributes little
to the development of practical solutions, but much in the way of
consultant fees

Addressing countless hypothetical disaster scenarios doesn't make
good business sense. Business Continuity Strategies, Third Edition
helps companies focus on what is necessary to survive a natural
catastrophe, workplace violence, or a terrorist attack.