Course Title: Develop and maintain business continuity plans
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2012
Course Code: BUSM6397C
Course Title: Develop and maintain business continuity plans
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6102 - Advanced Diploma of Business (Public Relations)
Course Contact : Sally Parrott
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5175
Course Contact Email:sally.parrott@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Alain Grossbard
Telephone: 99255522
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit is for individuals working in positions of authority who are approved to implement change across the division, business area, program area or project area.
This unit addresses the knowledge and processes necessary to develop and maintain business continuity requirements. Business continuity awareness and planning help the organisation to identify barriers and/or interruptions, and to determine how the organisation will achieve critical business objectives (even at diminished capacity) until full functionality is restored.
The focus is on risk and vulnerability assessment, business impact assessments, and business continuity and communication plans.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBCON601A Develop and maintain business continuity plans |
Element: |
5. Establish the business continuity plan |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Consult relevant personnel and seek support for the development of the organisation's business continuity plan/s |
Element: |
1. Conduct risk and vulnerability assessments |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify the relationship between corporate risk and the organisation's business continuity management framework |
Element: |
2. Develop and report on the business impact assessment/s |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Identify the organisation's critical business functions and their dependencies and interdependencies , and analyse and evaluate risks through the business impact assessment/s |
Element: |
3. Develop, implement and report on risk treatments |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Develop and implement risk treatments |
Element: |
4. Determine interdependencies and develop response strategies |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Develop the organisation's emergency response , continuity and recovery strategies |
Element: |
6. Establish the communication plan within the organisation's planning framework |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Identify stakeholders and determine objective and scope of communication plan for periods before, during and after disruptions occur |
Element: |
7. Deliver business continuity professional development activities |
Performance Criteria: |
7.1 Promote the application of the business continuity management framework and plan to all relevant personnel on an ongoing basis |
Learning Outcomes
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work within the business continuity framework to develop and implement business continuity plans in order for an organisation to manage risk and ensure business resilience when faced with a disruptive event.
Details of Learning Activities
A range of learning activities are planned for this course including self-paced and collaborative classroom based activities.
The self-paced activities will be delivered thought various technology platforms and include your contribution to wikis and discussion threads, reflective journals, quizzes and interactive sessions.
The collaborative classroom based activities will include group discussion, group problem solving activities and opportunities to practice your skills in a simulated/real workplace environment.
You are expected to participate and contribute in all scheduled learning activities.
Teaching Schedule
Week 1 - Introduction
Week 2 - 6
Course content and structure
An introduction: understanding business continuity plans
Risk management planning
Risk legislative framework
Analysing organisational risk management processes
Weeks 7 - 10
Identifying and analysing risk
Treating risks for a business continuity plan
Week 11 - 14
Monitoring and evaluating risk management strategies for a business continuity plan
Communication and participative arrangements
Week 15 - 16
Develop and maintain business continuity plan
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Identify risk and apply risk management processes BSBCMN416A, Aspire Training & Consulting, Melbourne 2008. Business Library 658.155 BI19 |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including assignments, journals, presentation and written or test. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1
Individual assignment Value 35%
Length: 750-1000 words
Aims: Analyse and describe current or past events using risk management concepts and tools. Suggest ways the risks could have been reduced, in hindsight.
Apply skills in finding information using online resources, books, journals and newspapers.
Apply Harvard referencing skills.
Assessment criteria
 Application of risk management concepts and tools to answer the questions 10%
 Good use made of a variety of resources (2 must be hard copy, 2 must be online) 10%
 Presentations of the final Report 10%
 Correctly uses Harvard referencing system to reference the resources 5%
(minimal requirement: Harvard system used, not footnote system;
author-date in the text, not the book title; reference list, not bibliography)
Group work of 3 – 4 students.
Instructions
Identify a current or past story in the news or a book which portrays business Risk and Risk Management. Examples could include company fires, environmental disasters, food poisoning, poor product sales, theft, fraud, death of staff and so on. The lectures will list 6 broad categories of risk to help you think of a news story.
Describe and comment on the event, with the benefit of hindsight, using risk management concepts and tools: Briefly describe the event (attach a copy of the article if convenient). From the point of view of a public relations practitioner in the business, describe the context of the risk, the actual risks associated with the event, who the risks affected and how it affected them. Are there any other risks that you now think should have been identified?
What risk reduction strategies were already in place or likely to have been in place before the event? What other risk reduction strategies could have been used or have been used since?
Assessment 2 Test covering lectures and activities/workshops In-class & Week 16
Individual activities Total Value 35%
Students complete number of activities and workshops that will be assessed via a final test in class.
Assessment 3 Major Assignment – Develop a Communication Plan for a Business Continuity Plan
Due Date: Week 14 Report with Group Interviews during Week 15 & 16.
Group-based (groups of 4)
Length: 1000-1500
Group Interviews: 10 minutes Total Value 30%
Aim: This assignment requires you to develop a Communication Plan for a Business Continuity Plan to show you can comprehend and apply the Australian Standard for risk management.
Work in groups of 4 and develop a written Risk Management Plan for a business. The plan must follow the model presented and explained in AS/NZ 4360:2004 Risk Management, Standards Association of Australia, NSW.
Students must meet at least 3 times and provide Meeting Minutes to the teacher outlining items discussed and action agreed for preparation of joint report. Class time will be used for meetings if time permits. Student must also complete a peer review form and give it to the teacher.
Assessment Matrix
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Other Information
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