Organizational Continuity and Resilience

Catalog description

The ability of an organization to quickly and effectively “snap back” from a crisis can impact availability of life saving products, organizational viability, and a positive public reputation. This course will introduce the concepts of protecting people, products, resources, and reputation through a thoughtful and effective pre-crisis planning process emphasizing a return to normalcy. Expanding the security manager’s role in considering protection of resources specifically vulnerable to various rare-event threats, students will learn strategies for contingency planning. The impact of public/private partnerships in resilience planning and contrast/connection to emergency management will be emphasized. Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.