Modern Approach to Business Continuity Planning Course

Areas of business continuity and disaster recovery are covered. Participants learn the concepts, principles, terminologies and available solutions in this subject area. The Institute for Continuity Management model is followed.

This course is designed to help you protect your organisation by providing you all the necessary knowledge to develop and implement a powerful Business Continuity Management Plan. Created with the diligent manager in mind, the course also provides practical tools, systems, and reports that will enable you to create your own plans and easily manage the outsourced support.

Do you think that developing sophisticated and convergent methodologies to plan for and manage crisis events is too difficult to be worth the effort? Not with this course that will guide you step by step through the process of developing and implementing effective contingency and crisis response plans, policies, and systems.

Although it’s true that advances in technology and management methodologies might increase an organisation's capacity to forecast and plan for catastrophic events, they are not enough. Most of the time, the ability of a company to survive a crisis event relies on the under resourced and frequently overlooked field of operational contingency planning and crisis response. In other words, on

Business Continuity Management Plan.

Program Eligibility

Applicants are required to provide proof of successful completion of a university degree or two-year College Diploma (minimum) or equivalent in a related discipline, OR related work experience in emergency management.

Applicants who have not completed a university degree or college diploma may be considered based upon relevant emergency management work experience and/or post-secondary credits achieved. These applicants will be assessed individually.

Who Is Right For The Program

Program participants represent a spectrum of businesses and sectors, geographic regions and nationalities, and areas of expertise. The unifying theme is a broad base of employees and recognition of their critical role in business continuity planning and management.

Business Continuity Planning and management is designed for senior-level executives and experienced leaders who are responsible for developing and implementing effective contingency and crisis response plans, policies, and systems within their organisation. Participants hail from a variety of organizations- both young and established organisation that are medium or large in size - and may come to the program to develop solutions to scaling challenges of  contingency and crisis response plans, policies, and systems

The program is open to senior executives from a variety of functional backgrounds, including research and development, operations, human resources, finance, and marketing. These leaders, tasked with managing contingency plans, may include:

• Chief executive officers
• General managers
• Chief business development officers
• Chief financial officers
• Heads of research and development
• Managers of mergers and acquisition

Admissions

Because a diverse participant mix is an important part of every CPSPD Emergency Management program, we look for candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds to enrich the learning experience.

No payment is necessary until you have been accepted into  CPSPD Emergency Management program. After admission notification, we will send you an invoice via email; payment is due within 30 days of the invoice date. If admission is within 30 days prior to the start of the program, payment is due upon receipt of the invoice. Payment is required prior to the program start date. We accept payment by company cheque, bank wire transfer, or credit card (Visa, MasterCard). Details are included on the program invoice.

If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Due to program demand and the volume of preprogram preparation, cancellations or deferrals received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.

Requirements

Although there are no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on professional achievement and organizational responsibility. We look for professionals who have demonstrated emergency management talent and leadership potential.

CPSPD Emergency Management programs enrich both participants and their organizations, and require full commitment from each party.

Language Proficiency

We deliberately design our programs to encourage individual growth and to foster productive interaction among participants. For that reason, proficiency in written and spoken English is essential.

Application Process

CPSPD must receive your application and any other required documents in order to prepare the application for review by the Admissions Committee.

Delivery Method:
The program will be delivered using the following methodologies: Lectures, discussions, syndicate work, Videos, case studies and exercises