BS 25999 Embedding BCM in the organisation's culture
A key requirement of BS 25999 is that BCM becomes an integral element of an organisation’s core values and gives confidence to stakeholders in the ability of the organisation to cope with disruptions. Within BS 25999 this stage is represented as embracing all of the other stages. However, in URM’S experience two key contributing factors are senior management engagement and staff training and awareness programmes. It is argued that the most successful BCM is driven top down where senior management has been involved at all stages from scoping, through business impact analyses, strategy setting and making provisions for regular testing.
URM also believes an often neglected area of BCM is staff training and awareness. Often seen as time consuming for both trainers and trainees, training often ends up as a low priority activity. However, the key in URM’s estimation is in the selection of delivery method e.g. person to group training, web based training, self led CBT, group discussion etc etc. By matching the method to the learning objective, budget, audience and training content one can achieve an optimal training/awareness programme.
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