Continuity Business Plan for Glasgow Airport



Executive summary2

Overview2

Action Task lists3

Introduction3

Rationale of the plan4

Objectives of the plan5

Plan Activation5

Structure of the Plan6

Testing and Maintenance of the plan6

Discussion7

Benefits of BCM7

The negative aspect of the plan8

Role of Executive Committee and Leadership8

Strategies for planning8

Business Continuity Management Team9

Functions of the Business Continuity Team9

BCM Coordinator and its Role and Responsibilities9

BCM Executive Management Team10

BCM working management team10

Incident Triage Committee of BCM10

Crisis management Team Responsibility and Role11

Lines of authority and succession of management11

Integrated emergency systems and Vendors12

Summary13

General Plan of Action13

Concluding Remarks13

Continuity Business Plan for Glasgow Airport

Executive summary

The following report compiles about the strategies of deployment and actions of any organization when it comes to dealing with the crisis situation. The report is influenced by a case study based on an incident happened at Glasgow International airport.

The reports elaborate how the roles and responsibilities of different staff members are defined and strategized as to how they should be performed during the operation of the continuity plan during the time of crisis without affecting the organization and its operations. It discusses how the security and operational strategies must be deployed at the onsite and offsite of the organization to ensure minimum losses of resources and lives of the people involved in the working environment. The report highlights the benefits of a continuity plan and how can it be improved to ensure better performance of the Business Continuity plan. It further discusses how the plan of action with be executed for the proper management and efficient operation during crisis management. The communication with the third party vendors and contractors should be effectively for the deployment of the equipments that can be used at the time of crisis. The report also discusses how the line of authority must be defined and how secondary protocol can take over the primary faction of the organization.

Overview

This report is based on the case study of the terrorist attack at the Glasgow International Airport where the terrorist tried to sabotage the airport property. The report signifies how an organisation could utilize the effective team management and progression of management to mitigate the losses and protect the organisation under such critical circumstances without any failure or suspension of the operation.

Action Task lists

The strategies designed for emergencies and threats should be evaluated, assessed and updated time to time. The overall plan would discuss in detail the three major factions involved in the management of emergency in the organisations.

Responsibilities of every working member in the organisation

Authority and its management

Devised communication strategies for minimum response time and immediate actions.

Introduction

The business organisations in the era of globalisation are always susceptible to the increasing threats and risks factors that could have a negative effect on the organisation itself. The corollaries due to the threats and risks could intercede in the operation of the business affecting the cost and management of the organisation. The emergencies that occur are inevitable such as terrorist attacks.

The terrorist attacks have been an unplanned risk whose consequences have been suffered by many organisations such as Glasgow Airport in ...