Views on business continuity and disaster recovery

Sawalha, Ihab Hanna

doi:10.1108/ijes-12-2020-0074

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“…These are the points, views coming from the experts in the interviews and the survey questionnaire analysis. The risk of [47]. Table 15 showing the relationships between constructs and Successful Business Continuity after Disruption (SBCD).…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of digital disruption influencing business continuity in UAE higher education

Gernal¹,

Subramanian²,

Mehrotra³

2023

Educ. Technol. Q.

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Digital disruption has been the most used and discussed topic in the last 6 years and has been a trending topic on the Google trends, only second to the remote working searched on Google search engines. Most business continuities have been put at risk due to significant reasons like COVID-19, Social distancing norms, and technology disruption to name a few. Businesses especially in UAE higher education sector need to take a holistic view that considers potential threats to an organization and look at providing a resilience framework to respond effectively to safeguard the key stakeholder’s interests. The research study looks at combining the business continuity maturity model and the digital disruption models and suggests a framework that business managers and owners can consider mitigating the risks and enhancing the resilience of their organization for the future. The organization might be able to enhance its brand value and look at creating more value in its services. This study can help managers and top management look at the factors that can improve performance after the disruption. The participants can be trained to work during disruption to mitigate the risk or crisis, reducing major losses in business.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of digital disruption influencing business continuity in UAE higher education

Gernal¹,

Subramanian²,

Mehrotra³

2023

Educ. Technol. Q.

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“…One of the best things an organization can do in an emergency is to continue providing services to the affected people. In this way, organizations will be more trusted (Sawalha, 2021). Hence, it is timely and vigilant to focus on and address these issues in community resilience studies.…”

Section: Terrorism and Community Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Building sustainable community resilience and business preparedness through stakeholder perspective

Soomro

2023

IJES

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PurposeThe paper aims to examine business and community-based organizations’ efforts to increase engagement in building resilience to violent acts of terrorism in the community. Businesses and community-based organizations are now being called upon to join the wider preparedness, response and recovery efforts in response to terrorist violence.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative approach is used to explore the study. Data collection includes observation, analysis and interviews with practitioners and local stakeholders to document lessons learnt from all perspectives. Further to understand the role of private sector business and NGOs in building resilience to violent acts of terrorism in the community, 21 businesses were selected in the two cities of Shikarpur and Sukkur in the province of Sindh in Pakistan, during a period of high stress from terrorist violence between November and December 2020.FindingsCommunity-based organizations in study areas contribute to resilience to violent acts of terrorism through making financial or material donations to local resilience to violent acts of terrorism programmes and by contributing supplies to affected people. Findings indicate that the implementation of a wide spectrum of community engagement initiatives has increased awareness of terrorist violence amongst various segments of societies.Originality/valueThe study provides a combination of practical data along with review of literature. A practical approach to the data collection from organizations operating in terrorist-ridden areas and consequently developing and implementing strategies to resilience to violent acts of terrorism in the community.

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“…Contingency recovery plans include the formation of a disaster recovery team and the development of precautions to mitigate the effects of a disaster (Sawalha, 2021). The development of time frames and the establishment of a communication system is an important factor in a firm's contingency recovery plans in preparation for any unforeseen risk.…”

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Influence of Contingency Recovery Plans on Performance of Processing Firms in Brazil

2023

JSM

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Contingency recovery plans refer to a collection of measures, either written down or communicated to all that shows how the firm will react when calamity or challenges strike the firm. The study examined the influence of contingency recovery plans on performance of processing firms in Brazil. A disaster can happen anytime, and a company should be ready for it and a firm should create an ideal strategy to reduce the impact of disaster and proceed on with the critical functions. A contingency plan is a back-up strategy, activated in case of an incident that disrupts firm's operations and puts staff members at risk. The study discovered that firm continuity planning and disaster recovery planning are the most vital aspects of a firm but are often ignored. Firms need to make a well-structured strategy and document for calamity recovery and firm continuation, even before a catastrophe happens. The research concludes that contingency recovery plans and firm performance is positively and substantially related. It was noted that a unitary improvement in contingency recovery strategies boosts the processing firm's performance. It is additionally concluded that contingency recovery plans include having a disaster recovery group, the development of preventative measures to reduce the effects of a disaster and creating a time frame for the recovery plans in the firm. The research recommends that there should be a disaster recovery group which is always prepared for the recovery plans within the firm. Furthermore, there is the need to have preventative measures established in the firm to reduce the effects of a certain calamity. A written recovery strategy that defines how the firm will respond when a calamity or disaster strikes should be prepared.

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Views on business continuity and disaster recovery

Cited by 13 publications

References 43 publications

Impact of digital disruption influencing business continuity in UAE higher education

Impact of digital disruption influencing business continuity in UAE higher education

Building sustainable community resilience and business preparedness through stakeholder perspective

Influence of Contingency Recovery Plans on Performance of Processing Firms in Brazil

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