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BCM Basics: The Strategic Side of Crisis Management  

MHA Consulting

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Most companies have a pretty good handle on the tactical side of crisis management. However, relatively few are mindful of the strategic side of crisis management.

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Hidden Benefits of Keeping BCM Teams Intact

MHA Consulting

In our role of BCM, we deal with a number of different teams including Fire Life Safety, Crisis Management, Business and IT Recovery Teams, etc. Maintaining familairity consistency across team members is difficult as existing team members leave and new members arrive.

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Emergency Response Planning Tasks

MHA Consulting

The following is a basic set of emergency tasks: Protect Personnel Contain Incident Implement Command and Control (Emergency Response Team, Crisis Management Team step in) Your emergency response team should have defined roles and responsibilities for team members.

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Judgement day

Oz's Business Continuity Blog

The last few weeks have been quite busy – and, at times, a teeny bit stressful. I’ve prepared and facilitated four crisis management and business recovery exercises (two of which included actors and journalists and mock TV and radio news […].

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Emergency Response Planning Tasks

MHA Consulting

The following is a basic set of emergency tasks: Protect Personnel Contain Incident Implement Command and Control (Emergency Response Team, Crisis Management Team step in) Your emergency response team should have defined roles and responsibilities for team members.

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The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements 

MHA Consulting

Knowing what roles should be represented on the business continuity management (BCM) team and what kind of people should fill them is an overlooked key to success in making organizations resilient. Business Continuity Manager: The individual with direct responsibility for the business continuity program.

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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

MHA Consulting

Having quality documentation is an important part of a sound business continuity management program, but it’s not the most important part. 4: Not figuring out and documenting the integration between the recovery plan and the organization’s other plans. The recovery plan does not live in a vacuum. Common Mistake No.

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