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Building adaptive business continuity plans: Practical tips on how to inject adaptiveness into continuity planning
Tracy Hatton1, Charlotte Brown1
1Resilient Organisations Ltd.
Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning
|September 1, 2021
Summary
Businesses need enhanced resilience to navigate unpredictable disruptions. Evolving business continuity planning (BCP) requires integrating strategy, fostering a resilience culture, and decentralizing planning for greater adaptability.
Area of Science:
- Business Management
- Organizational Resilience
- Risk Management
Background:
- Increasing global complexity and uncertainty lead to unpredictable business disruptions.
- Traditional business continuity planning (BCP) methods are insufficient for modern challenges.
- Organisational resilience requires a shift from rigid planning to adaptive strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose an evolved approach to business continuity planning.
- To enhance organisational resilience in the face of unpredictable disruptions.
- To outline strategies for balancing detailed planning with flexibility and adaptability.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of current business continuity planning frameworks.
- Integration of strategic management principles with resilience building.
- Emphasis on cultural embedding, decentralization, and principles-based planning.
Main Results:
- Closer links between BCP and strategic management are vital.
- A pervasive culture of resilience improves adaptability.
- Decentralized, principles-based planning empowers teams and enhances preparedness.
- Frequent exercising of plans is crucial for effectiveness.
Conclusions:
- Organisational resilience is achieved through a balance of planning and adaptability.
- Integrating BCP within risk management and strategy functions is essential.
- Preparedness and resilience must become core organizational values.