The management systems community
16th Apr 2009
The communiqué also seeks to establish and promote greater collaboration between nations to “guard against risk” and “discourage excessive risk-taking” by strengthening regulatory systems and supervision.
2nd Apr 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s thought of the day is a quote from PricewaterhouseCoopers South African advisory partner Binesh Rajkaran.
An effective business continuity management strategy would enable financial institutions to address the panic and potentially devastating effects of such a crisis and in fact could prevent such an extreme event from occurring.
1st Apr 2009
“The trend towards globalisation makes business continuity more important,” says Caddick. “Fraud in the US affects UK businesses. Climate change has more of an immediate impact on British companies now they have outsourced many things to China.”
26th Mar 2009
“Business continuity, security and emergency management are all process-driven activities. As such, it makes sense to ensure that those processes are constantly being reviewed and improved. Six Sigma is a process that ought to be considered for these disciplines, as it deals with process improvement.”
20th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
Business Assurance as a concept is growing as the world recession deepens. Organisations are increasingly looking for ways to “assure” their business. In the management systems industry, it is widely recognised that certification is a “safe haven” during difficult economic times. Research undertaken during the early 1990′s recession indicated that organisations that were ISO 9001 certified outperformed organisations that were not.
20th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) has been awarded global accreditation to certify organisations against BS 25999, the business continuity management systems standard. In addition to UK clients such as LINK Associates and BT, LRQA has now certified their first client outside of the UK to BS 25999. Based on that work, LRQA are now accredited to deliver BS 25999 certification globally.
19th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
In the LRQA Business Continuity Video Podcast, David Austin, one of the world’s leading business continuity experts, talks about the importance of business continuity planning during the current economic downturn.
18th Mar 2009
The impact of natural disasters was estimated at US$200 billion. China and USA accounted for 90%, globally positioning them most susceptible to economic losses.
27th Feb 2009
A recent research report, comprising of interviews conducted by IBM, with over 1200 chief financial officers from 79 countries, concluded the following points mentioned in the article.
16th Feb 2009 by Alex Briggs
In this video interview, Joe Goasdoué, the CEO of the BQF, talked to www.businessassurance.com about helping organisations through these difficult economic times. We talked to him during the BQF Awards Ceremony, held at the Lloyd’s Register HQ in London.
He also talked about the importance of certification and of Business Continuity for organisations during the credit crunch.
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