Business Continuity Planning and Management Course

Course Overview

The Business Continuity Planning and Management Training is crafted to help organizations develop and implement a robust Business Continuity Management Plan. Aimed at diligent managers, this training offers practical tools, systems, and reports to ensure organizations can maintain operations during disruptions. By focusing on advanced planning and control techniques, the course prepares participants to integrate continuity plans with strategic visions, ultimately enhancing financial control and organizational resilience.

Target Audience

This course is designed for:

• Board Members: Leaders responsible for strategic oversight and organizational resilience.
• Senior Managers: Those tasked with implementing continuity plans and maintaining operations.
• Department Heads: Individuals who oversee departmental continuity and recovery strategies.
• All Employees: The course can be tailored for broader awareness training to ensure organization-wide readiness.

Course Objectives 

By the end of the Business Continuity Planning and Management Training, participants will:

• Implement Advanced Planning: Incorporate sophisticated planning and control techniques into budgeting processes.
• Integrate Strategic Visions: Align budgeting processes with the company’s long-term strategic goals.
• Build Integrated Processes: Develop cohesive planning, budgeting, and reporting processes.
• Apply Management Tools: Use management tools effectively to support strategic goals.
• Identify Key Performance Indicators: Determine KPIs for focused decision-making and performance evaluation.
• Enhance Profitability and Performance: Increase organizational performance by streamlining planning and reporting.
• Improve Financial Control: Use effective management reporting to enhance financial oversight.

Course Outline 

Module 1: Planning for Success

• Planning Strategies: Understand different planning strategies and their importance.
• Strategy Analysis and Implementation: Learn to analyze, choose, and implement strategic plans.
• Value Creation: Explore corporate and shareholder value considerations.

Module 2: The Forecasting Process

• Forecast Objectives: Determine the purpose and goals of forecasting.
• Analytical Tools: Use statistical tools for quantitative analysis and forecasting.
• Forecasting Techniques: Apply causal analysis models and regression analysis using Excel.

Module 3: Budgets, Costs, and Budgetary Control

• Budgeting Purposes: Understand the roles of budgeting in planning and control.
• Cost Analysis: Explore cost behavior, classification, and CVP analysis.
• Variance Analysis: Identify variances and learn standard costing and flexed budgets.

Module 4: Activity-Based Costing and Budgeting

• ABC Systems: Understand activity-based costing and its application in cost management.
• ABB Process: Transition from traditional budgeting to activity-based budgeting.
• Behavioral Aspects: Examine the motivational and behavioral impacts of budgeting.

Module 5: Measuring Corporate Performance

• Performance Measurement Systems: Broaden understanding of performance measurement.
• Shareholder Value: Integrate financial and non-financial issues beyond budgeting.
• Balanced Scorecard: Introduce balanced scorecard perspectives for performance evaluation.