Business Continuity (BCM) at the University
What is Business Continuity? | Emergency Management Plan (Bath Campus Only) |
What is Business Continuity?
Business Continuity is defined as "a holistic management process
that identifies potential impacts that threaten an organisation and provides
a framework for building resilience with the capability for an effective
response that safeguards the interests of its key stakeholders, reputation,
brand and value creating activities".
Or more simply: A necessary and important management process that helps keep an organisation going, even in the most trying of times.
So if an incident becomes serious, for example a physical incident like a fire or explosion; or reputation damaging incident like extremely adverse publicity which impacts our standing overseas or our UG intake for a given year; the BC plan will assist the university to recover quickly and resume close to normal activities as soon as possible.
Business Continuity Plans act as a toolbox drawing together a number of elements. The key ones include:
- Departmental and University wide BC plans
- Emergency Management Plans for, including contact details and checklists covering a number of emergency scenarios
- Emergency Arrangements for off site University locations such as residences
- Staff personal details including name & address , emergency contact details
- Student personal details including name & address , emergency contact details
- University Floor Plans
- Special communication arrangements
- Relocation and transport arrangements
Emergency Management Plan
This plan provides guidance about how to respond to some kind of incident.
It defines the Emergency Management Team, provides guidelines about
what to expect from and how to liaise with Emergency Services, includes
useful contact details and checklists of responses for different types
of emergency. As the BCM plans are developed the Emergency Management
Plan will be updated.
For Further Information about Business Continuity please contact Mark Humphriss on Extension 6212 or email: m.g.w.humphriss@bath.ac.uk.