Business Continuity Manager
April 13, 2024
Updated April 21, 2025
16 minute read
Becoming a Business Continuity Manager: Planning for the Unexpected
A Business Continuity Manager (BCM) plays a critical role in ensuring an organization can withstand and recover from disruptions. These disruptions can range from natural disasters and cyberattacks to power outages and supply chain failures. The core function of a BCM is to develop, implement, and maintain plans and strategies that minimize downtime and allow essential business functions to continue operating during and after a crisis.
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Provides comprehensive instructions on first aid techniques for a wide range of injuries and illnesses. It is written by a leading first aid organization and is highly regarded for its accuracy and clarity.
Provides a comprehensive guide to preparing for and surviving any type of emergency or disaster. It covers topics such as food storage, water purification, first aid, and disaster response.
Provides a comprehensive overview of enterprise architecture, including its principles, practices, and benefits. It is written by three leading experts in the field and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how to use enterprise architecture to improve their organization's performance.
Provides a comprehensive guide to emergency preparedness, covering topics such as food storage, water purification, first aid, and disaster response. It is written by a team of experts with decades of experience in emergency preparedness.
Provides a comprehensive overview of organizational resilience, with a particular focus on lessons learned from disasters. The author leading expert on disaster management and has served as a consultant to governments and businesses around the world.
Is specifically designed for health professionals and provides guidance on how to prepare for and respond to disasters and emergencies. It covers topics such as disaster planning, mass casualty management, and infection control.
Provides a comprehensive guide to surviving off the grid, including topics such as finding food and water, building shelter, and treating injuries. It is written by a survival expert with decades of experience.
Focuses on survival skills that are essential for surviving in the wilderness, including topics such as finding food and water, building shelter, and treating injuries. It is written by a survival expert with decades of experience.
Goes beyond the business case for resilience. This book helps leaders to build psychological resilience as well as organizational resilience.
Examines organizational resilience by looking at how organizations respond to natural disasters. Dr. Vaughan was part of the teams that investigated the space shuttle Columbia disaster and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Her work is recognized for its original and important contributions.
Provides guidance on how to treat injuries and illnesses in the wilderness or during a disaster. It covers topics such as first aid, wound care, and treatment for common medical conditions.
Provides a comprehensive overview of business process management, including its principles, practices, and benefits. It is written by a leading expert in the field and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how to use business process management to improve their organization's performance.
Provides a practical guide to enterprise architecture, including how to develop and implement an enterprise architecture plan. It is written by a leading expert in the field and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how to use enterprise architecture to improve their organization's performance.
Provides a practical guide to enterprise architecture, including how to develop and implement an enterprise architecture plan. It is written by a leading expert in the field and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how to use enterprise architecture to improve their organization's performance.
Provides practical guidance on conducting BIA, with a focus on its practical applications in business continuity planning.
Emphasizes the role of BIA in developing comprehensive business continuity plans.
Focuses on the application of BIA in the context of information technology systems, ensuring continuity in IT operations.
Provides guidance on how to prepare for and live off the grid in a crisis situation. It covers topics such as growing food, raising animals, and building a sustainable home.
While this book does not focus specifically on organizational resilience, it does provide practical advice on how organizations can manage change and uncertainty. is authored by Joel Brockner, one of the foremost experts on organizational justice, who brings in insights from psychology as well.
Provides a comprehensive overview of cloud computing, including its principles, practices, and benefits. It is written by a leading expert in the field and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how to use cloud computing to improve their organization's performance.
Provides a comprehensive overview of big data, including its principles, practices, and benefits. It is written by two leading experts in the field and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how to use big data to improve their organization's performance.
Provides a comprehensive overview of artificial intelligence, including its principles, practices, and benefits. It is written by a leading expert in the field and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how to use artificial intelligence to improve their organization's performance.
Provides a comprehensive overview of blockchain, including its principles, practices, and benefits. It is written by a leading expert in the field and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how to use blockchain to improve their organization's performance.
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