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1. What Do We Do If ?

The past few years have clearly demonstrated that disastersnatural or manmadedisrupt business. Forty-three percent of businesses damaged in a disaster close for good, and that figure rises to 60 percent after one year. Yet it doesnt have to be that way. Following the lethal subway terrorist bombings in the summer of 2005, most businesses, including Londons notoriously unreliable Underground Metro service, resumed most services within 24 hours. At least 100 companies implemented disaster recovery plans immediately. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said the business community had pre-pared for such an eventuality for a long time and had implemented contingency plans to ensure the greatest possible degree of business continuity.[1]

Contingency planning is like insurance in that you hope to never have to use it, but being prepared is wise. Read the situation below. Then, list the things you believe the administration (management) of the college should consider as part of their contingency planning. In your planning, take into ac-count the material, human, financial, and information resources the college uses. Some things to consider as you plan:

1. Determine critical functions and equipment.

2. Plan for alternative sites and/or activities.

3. What tasks will need to be accomplished, and who will tackle them?

4. Assume the worstwhatever can go wrong will.

5. Who is in charge of implementation of the plan?

6. What, if any, training is required?

Situation: You have been hired as consultants to a small liberal arts college in the Midwest that attracts students from across the country. The college has excellent fire, disaster, and even terrorist attack plans. Now it wants to develop a plan for a complete electrical outage that would affect heat, light, computers, and other equipment across the whole campus for a week or longer. The objective of the plan is to devise ways in which students can be fed and housed; continue to remain in contact with their professors, the library, and other resources; and, in short, learn. Academically, the college does not want its students to fall behind. Be creative in your problem solving.

Hints: Begin with the identification of the critical tasks and equipment needed to achieve the primary function of continuing to learn. These might include:

Physical needs: _________________________________

Academic resources: ___________________________________

Social needs: __________________________________________

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