Business Continuity Planning: is the way an organization can prepare for and aid in disaster recovery. It is an arrangement agreed upon in advance by management and key personnel of the steps that will be taken to help the organizations recover should any type of disaster occur. These programs prepare for multiple problems. Detailed plans are created that clearly outline the actions that an organization or particular members of an organization will take to help recover/restore any of
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Veterinary Office Software There is a multitude of planning and purchasing that goes with opening any business, including a veterinary practice of any size. One of the necessary purchases that can have a major impact on the efficiency of a veterinary clinic is what software program will be used by the clinic. There are many different software programs available on the market today, and it can be a daunting task to select the one that would work the best for a particular hospital. There seems to
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OSH not only protects workers, but also co-workers, workers' family members, employers, customers and anyone who is expected to be affected by the workplace or experience and accident or injury there. One of the most important aspects of OSH is emergency exits and fire protection systems. I have chosen this topic because fires can break out anytime and anywhere. The other OSH areas such as dangers of machinery, noise levels, toxic fumes or hazardous substances are to be found in specific workplaces
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using the plan of evacuation for a fire. Removing all patients within the next two rooms, Along with evacuation of the entire floor. The nurse manager automatically ran for the fire extinguisher to demolish the fire. Unlike a regular routine of moving patients, any man power available was used. A specific person with medical expertise was assign to care for the patients, continuing medical treatment with normalcy. When there is a crisis in a healthcare setting the normal plan of care
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British Petrolum 2012 BP Oil Spill Management Dr…………………………………….. Nahla…………………………… , Nuf………………………. QATAR UNIVERSITY Executive Summary This paper examines the oil spill that took place due to an explosion at one of the drilling rig of British Petroleum on 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and the managerial response to that crisis. Introduction: History of British Petroleum (BP) According to the British Petroleum's website, the company has started in 1908 with oil found in a rugged
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A Risk Management Approach to Business Continuity. It will show my personal understanding through explaining through an example of how applying the risk management theory to the production of a business continuity plan is important. The situation background for our risk assessment plan will be based on the following crisis; Suppose you own a small convenience market, about the size of a 7-11 or a Circle K, or any other comparable franchise outlet that you might be more familiar with given your location
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Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC) The International Community’s Funding of the Tsunami Emergency and Relief NGO Funding Denmark Rie Andersen Marina Buch Kristensen June 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .......................................................................... II DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................. III INTRODUCTION .....................................
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Why is Safety important to you? Safety is important to me because it helps to prevent injuries, deaths, loss of property, and damage to the environment. Safety is a strong passion of mine that goes beyond the workplace. It is a strong desire to ensure that workers leave their homes and return to their loved ones at the end of their shifts. A couple of years ago, I lost 12 close friends and colleagues in a chopper crash during a routine crew change. The root cause of the incident was an unsafe condition
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Collaborative Learning Community: Phoenix Metropolitan Area Rose Alfano, Stella Ihim, Laura Norris, & Jodi Subcliff Grand Canyon University Community Nursing 427V Elizabeth Plata July 14, 2013 Collaborative Learning Community: Phoenix Metropolitan Area The Phoenix metropolitan area is the fifth largest city in the United States. A major barrier that separates Phoenix from other cities is the county line (Cole, 2013). It sits in a valley that is surrounded by mountains ("Phoenix
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took a great turn of events causing a down fall in their company. The reason for this downfall was that the managers at jet blue did not do a very good job while thinking things through to make sure this type of thing would not happen while in a disaster, many of the issues consisted to why JetBlue was shutdown. One of the first things that jet blue failed to do was to think ahead, they took their good fortunes in to belief that failure was not an option, but there was failure, one of the top issues
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