Business Continuity Management Systems

Course aim

The aim of this course is to provide you with an advanced understanding of how projects and organisations manage their exposure to extreme internal and external threats. This includes disaster recovery, business recovery, crisis management, incident management, emergency management and contingency planning.

Course content

Students will study an advanced and integrated body of knowledge in the domain of business continuity, including: Business continuity management systems and concepts including Societal Factors and Business Impact Analysis; Enterprise Risk Assessment; Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity; and Recovery Objectives.

This course will establish a foundation for planning and application of business continuity management systems through evaluation and analysis of specialist concepts.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Group Report, Online activities, Reflective report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.