“Avoiding Disaster” tells a manager how to take their next step in business continuity planning -avoiding a “disaster” through adequate planning. For managers assigned business continuity duties and their senior managers, this book delivers business case rationales and program development in plain English. This book is designed to be an easy read, it is also designed for quick reference in a pinch. Why every business manager needs to buy “Avoiding Disaster”: 1. Most managers given disaster avoidance / business recovery get it as an addi-tional duty. They need a quick read to get up to speed. 2. Managers also need an immediate desk reference because of the nature of disas-ters and crises. (Sudden onsets, desperate need, hard to recall what one needs to when blindsided out of a sound sleep). 3. Full-time professional business continuity managers need to keep up, and this book is designed to do that for them. 4. The managers of both groups need a way to check how their subordinates (often costly) programs compare to industry standards and what their competitors are do-ing in this field. They also need to speak a little business recovery language to ap-pear knowledgeable. 5. There are about 200 university-level emergency management programs world-wide that need to keep their libraries current. 6. Those programs’ professors and instructors need for an easy read that matches today’s students’ skills and abilities. More so in countries where English is not the students’ first language, though many are conversant in American English.
Book Details:
- Author: John Laye
- ISBN: 9780470347720
- Year Published: 2002
- Pages: 272
- BISAC: BUS063000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Strategic Planning
About the Book and Topic:
“Avoiding Disaster” tells a manager how to take their next step in business continuity planning -avoiding a “disaster” through adequate planning. For managers assigned business continuity duties and their senior managers, this book delivers business case rationales and program development in plain English. This book is designed to be an easy read, it is also designed for quick reference in a pinch. Why every business manager needs to buy “Avoiding Disaster”: 1. Most managers given disaster avoidance / business recovery get it as an addi-tional duty. They need a quick read to get up to speed. 2. Managers also need an immediate desk reference because of the nature of disas-ters and crises. (Sudden onsets, desperate need, hard to recall what one needs to when blindsided out of a sound sleep). 3. Full-time professional business continuity managers need to keep up, and this book is designed to do that for them. 4. The managers of both groups need a way to check how their subordinates (often costly) programs compare to industry standards and what their competitors are do-ing in this field. They also need to speak a little business recovery language to ap-pear knowledgeable. 5. There are about 200 university-level emergency management programs world-wide that need to keep their libraries current. 6. Those programs’ professors and instructors need for an easy read that matches today’s students’ skills and abilities. More so in countries where English is not the students’ first language, though many are conversant in American English.
The recent terrorist as well as natural disasters and a growing number of computer infiltration’s have made contingency planning an important business issue.
John Laye is an experienced consultant and teacher in the area of business continuity (disaster avoidance) for almost 20 years to both industry and government, including FEMA. * With the recent terrorist events coupled with a growing number of natural disasters and computer hacking, contingency planning is a growing concern for businesses.
About the Author
JOHN LAYE, FBCI, is a specialist in contingency and business continuity planning and a frequent lecturer for the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency’s Emergency Manage-ment Institute. He is Director Emeritus of the University of California’s Continuing Education in Business and Management Program for managers developing emergency plans. He is also the former president of the California Emergency Services Association.