Until now, the only options available were financially prohibitive except for the largest institutions. This easy to use and cost effective diskette with training manual is designed to instruct your organization in the preparation of a Business Continuation Plan in the event of a disaster. A comprehensive training manual followed by a sample Business Continuation Plan and a distribution for all faculty, staff and students - The Plan is designed to train the user to analyze the entire organization, identify the critical operational functions, develop a Disaster Management Team, develop a plan for all major departments, and be able to respond to a disaster. Some businesses did have a plan for their Management Information Systems Department but did not address other critical business functions. Even large businesses, with otherwise very comprehensive plans, often failed to have an effective plan of action for their Human Resources Department.
Individual citizens have a number of government and private sources for disaster planning advice.
Although there is technical expertise in the Management Information Systems area, there are very few sources of disaster planning information for the overall business. This Training manual is unique in that it is written by a business person for the business executive. There are sound business reasons for developing a Business Continuation Plan. Financial reasons include the more rapid restoration of business activities and the mitigation of damage. The safety of employees and other individuals is important.