Teamwork is an essential aspect of business continuity management, but isn’t always easy to get right. In this article Dr. Mario Moussa, Dr. Derek Newberry and Madeline Boyer highlight five common characteristics of dysfunctional teams.
CIR Magazine's 2016 Business Continuity Awards will be presented on June 9th at the London Marriott Hotel. The shortlist of companies and individuals shortlisted for the awards has now been published
The Business Continuity Institute has presented its annual North America Awards at an event at DRJ Spring World. The awards recognize business continuity and resilience excellence.
The 9th meeting of the WHO Ebola Emergency Committee took place by teleconference on Tuesday, 29th March 2016. During the meeting the Committee decided that Ebola no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
The Reserve Bank, New Zealand's central bank, has commenced a public consultation on a business continuity and crisis management regime for systemically important financial market infrastructures (SIFMIs).
Cascade effects occur at all levels of disruption and crisis, from tactical to operational to strategic; and have implications for business impact analysis and risk assessments. Geary Sikich explores the subject.
Whistle blowing has negative connotations in many organizations but, if encouraged by management and handled sensitively, it can be an important tool for business continuity and risk management. David Honour explains why…
WHO has dispatched a team of specialists to the southern prefecture of Nzérékoré in Guinea after two new cases of Ebola were detected and confirmed in a rural village.
The winners of the 2016 DRI International Awards of Excellence were announced at the DRI2016 conference in Atlanta, GA, on March 8th, 2016.
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Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
