Emergency preparedness and business continuity planning are crucial for successful business and organizations. This course provides an overview of the strategic planning and tactical responses taken by operational leaders in response to man-made or natural incidents in the workplace. Understanding the risks associated with your business or facility, will allow you to be a vital asset to mitigate, prepare, respond, and recover sooner to those applicable risks. Students will also learn how to identify environmental factors critical to their organization and how to develop programs that will keep their facility in compliance with laws and regulations.
Topics May Include:
- Identifying continuity risks associated with a business
- Defining basic emergency management and business continuity terms
- Steps required when building a business continuity and disaster recovery plan
- Emergency response plans for moderate to high-risk facilities
- Processes in an incident command system
- Effective and ineffective communication techniques
Course Number: BUSA-40679
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Facilities Management
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7/8/2019 - 9/7/2019
$595
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online, Web-based instruction
Howe, Austin
Austin Howe, MHS, CEM, is the Director of Business Continuity, Emergency Management and Security at Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, the 2 nd largest affiliate in the country. His region encompasses the three most southern counties in California and is responsible for the safety and continuity planning for 23 facilities. He has been instrumental in handling crisis communications and implementing a national active shooter curriculum for 650 health centers in the aftermath of the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting. He also serves on the national Physical Security Affiliate Workgroup for the organization. Austin is also a private consultant for susceptible facilities in natural or potentially man-made disaster areas.
His prior experience includes working for...Read More
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POLICIES:
No refunds after: 7/15/2019.
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7/8/2019 - 9/7/2019
ucsdextension.blackboard.com
You will have access to your course on the published start date.
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Science & Technology department at 858-534-3229 or unex-sciencetech@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.