Business Continuity Management
PostgraduateTAS-HSP6022021
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Business Continuity Management
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Comprehend and analyse theoretical approaches in business continuity
- Synthesise and apply relevant theoretical perspectives and concepts to provide solutions to business continuity management.
- Produce written work on business continuity management that is clearly communicated and meets scholarly and industry requirements.
- 1. Overview of Business Continuity Management (BCM)
- 2. BCM framework
- 3. BCM strategy and policy
- 4. BCM and risk management
- 5. Overview of the Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- 6. Conducting a BIA
- 7. BC plan development
- 8. Linkages to other systems
- 9. IT disaster recovery
- 10. Testing BCM
- 11. Implementing BCM
- 12. System improvement
- 13. Framework evaluation
Business Continuity Management is the holistic management process that identifies potential threats to an organisation and the likely impacts to business operations that may be caused if those threats materialise. This subject provides you with a thorough understanding of the concepts and practical applications of Business Continuity Management. You will gain an appreciation of the issues and elements that underlie the practice of Business Continuity Management and draw upon theoretical concepts, real life case studies and relevant standards. This subject will provide you with the knowledge and skills to translate theoretical concepts in Business Continuity Management to tangible outputs for industry. Business Continuity Management provides you with an understanding and the requisite skills that will be interrelated with other subjects should you proceed further with your postgraduate studies in organisational resilience.
- Online Multiple-Choice Quiz (15%)
- Assignment (50%)
- Online Multiple-Choice Quiz (15%)
- Report (20%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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