Andara University is located in an urban environment with seven other major universities within 4 miles of its campus and direct neighbors with one. It is a private catholic university that is home to nearly 4,000 students and roughly 1,000 faculty and staff. Andara has five colleges: Arts and Science, Business, Graduate and Professional Studies, Law and Music and Fine arts, with 59 undergrad programs and 11 graduate and professional programs2. The student-faculty ratio at Andara is 10:1 with most classes having fewer then 20 students. Many the students are from out of state and a small number are from other countries.
I chose to look at Andara University because it is a small institution that acts as its own community. The University must
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One way Andara University maintains business continuity is by pre-planning with faculty. Each year the Office of Emergency Management at Andara works with and encourages the faculty to create lessons on blackboard that can be used as back up in case of an evacuation or shelter in place emergency. This is to ensure continuity of classes and that the requirements are maintained for number of didactic classes throughout the year. Another way business continuity is maintained is by having back up plans in place for essential staff members, core functions and running drills for these plans each year. The university has a memorandum of understandings (MOU) agreement for a hot site located in Dallas Texas where their core staff would meet post evacuation. At this location, they would set up all essential functions and run their operations through an additional off-site backup server location (located in a different time zone). Once essential functions are up and running, and there is need, the university may bring in more staff to the hot site in Dallas. Since the coordinating staff will be localized it will be easier to communicate with each other and the campus community post disaster. Once they can reenter the city, facilities personnel will inspect each building and make sure it is up to code before anyone comes back to campus. By having these plans in place and everyone knowing exactly what is …show more content…
All the factors of resiliency were taken into strong consideration by the Office of Emergency Management at Andara, from thinking about the social well-being of their campus community in the simple things like being able to charge electronics and have that community center. To the political nature of the job and having to work so closely with the city and other departments and not always letting them do what they want because, it helps the economic well-being of the institution. All four of the factors are critical parts of resilience and at Andara University they do an excellent job on intertwining all of them in creating their resiliency policies and
ABC University has an obligation to protect and provide for students, faculty, staff, and all others on its campus in the event of a major interruption to the operations of the university. These obligations does not stop at the university level. Each Department on campus is further responsible to be able to meet its individual obligations. These responsibilities include the capacity to provide the services in order to ensure the essential functions critical to the operations of the university. Should an event or disaster occur that interrupts the normal operations each department shall be ready to respond and minimize the impact to the university. Failure to have a comprehensive continuity plan could possibly lead to interrupti...
what you feel is best to suit your needs, but do not exclude a small institution just because it is not as
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I have been tirelessly searching for the best university for me for a while now. One with superb facilities, and a beautiful campus. One that offers me top education, a conducive environment for learning, and a memorable experience. A university that helps me develop both spiritually and intellectually. A university that allows me to find myself, not just in the classroom, but also outside the classroom.
Upon approaching one 's senior year a myriad of decisions must be made. As a prospective college student who may plan to live on campus, academics are one of the various conditions a young adult should consider when making a college decision. Campus life could be what differentiates an average college experience from a superb one. One of the fundamental decisions a student must constitute is the choice between a large or small college. Although a lot of the time this decision is made on a case by case basis as different student with different majors carry different needs. Granting the elemental details such as class content, degree achievement, and extracurricular activities exist in both lifestyles; other aspects such as class sizes, major options, and sports could bear a legion of variability from one college to another.
The well-developed emergency response plan established beforehand helped the Company in making quick decisions after the disaster. Foreseeing situations arising from a major disaster and preparing well for them enabled the Company to take prompt actions when the time came. Management of the Company was empowered to make decisions without any lengthy analysis from a central authority. The Company also used flexible approach by modifying its delegation of authority to speed up critical decision-making process for recovery concerns. One of these decisions includes launching the Global Disaster Control Headquarters after mere 15 minutes of the disaster. The team further, worked upon the situation effectively by assessing damage while overseeing restoration efforts at various facilities. Latest information including details about employees’ safety and damage caused was absorbed and appropriate actions based on this were taken. Hence, the Company used proactive measures post the disaster situations rather than consuming time and delaying decisions which were indispensable. This was possible only through preparing a backup recovery plan well before the disaster, integrating tasks and taking several imperative decisions
Emergency management is often described in terms of “phases,” using terms such as mitigate, prepare, respond and recover. The main purpose of this assignment is to examine the origins, underlying concepts, variations, limitations, and implications of the “phases of emergency management.” In this paper we will look at definitions and descriptions of each phase or component of emergency management, the importance of understanding interrelationships and responsibilities for each phase, some newer language and associated concepts (e.g., disaster resistance, sustainability, resilience, business continuity, risk management), and the diversity of research perspectives.
The significance of a disaster recovery plan can't be exaggerated. No matter how big an organization is, when an unforeseen occasion happens and brings down everyday operations to a stop, an organization needs to recover as fast as possible and keep on providing their services to its clients. From natural disasters to security breaches, there must be a well-structured and organized plan in place in case of a catastrophe. Not having a DRP set up can put the organization at danger of high financial expenses, reputation loss and also much more serious dangers for its customers and clients. (Doug, 2004)
Disaster Recovery Planning is the critical factor that can prevent headaches or nightmares experienced by an organization in times of disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan marks the difference between organizations that can successfully manage crises with minimal cost, effort and with maximum speed, and those organizations that cannot. By having back-up plans, not only for equipment and network recovery, but also detailed disaster recovery plans that precisely outline what steps each person involved in recovery efforts should undertake, an organization can improve their recovery time and minimize the disrupted time for their normal business functions. Thus it is essential that disaster recovery plans are carefully laid out and carefully updated regularly. Part of the plan should include a system where regular training occurs for network engineers and managers. In the disaster recovery process extra attention should also be paid to training any new employees who will have a critical role in this function. Also, the plan should require having the appropriate people actually practice what they would do to help recover business function should a disaster occur. Some organizations find it helpful to do this on a quarterly or semi-annual basis so that the plan stays current with the organization’s needs.
In order to fully understand the concept of a contingency plan, there are a few aspects which need to be explored. We must first define what a contingency plan is, followed by an explanation of why contingency plans are so valuable. Furthermore, an analysis of the implementation of contingency plans should be performed. Lastly, a comparison of such plans from other industries should be done, in order to comprehend the differences in both purpose and criteria.
INTRODUCTION: A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies). For the facts that it will impossible to eliminate the risk emanating from disasters, it will be more feasible to develop comprehensive actions needed to improve response capability or anticipative actions needed to reduce the vulnerabilities to the disaster (Suryanto, & Kuncoro, 2012). Effective and efficient response from a disaster is rooted in the proper planning for disaster response before the actual disaster
The disaster recovery plan is composed of a number of sections that document resources and procedures to be used in the event that a disaster occurs at the Information Technology Services data center located in Founders Hall. Each supported application or platform has a section containing specific recovery procedures. There are also sections that document the personnel that will be needed to perform the recovery tasks and an organizational structure for the recovery process. This plan will be updated on a regular basis as changes to the computing and networking systems are made. Due to the very sensitive nature of the information contained in the plan, the plan should be treated as a confidential document (Information Technology Disaster Recovery Plan, 2012).
What does good scores or high grade point average (GPA) signifies? Does it show how intellectual or how good someone is? Intellectual quotient (IQ) is closely related to oneself whenever he or she obtained an extraordinary achievement. In previous study, researchers will use grade point average (GPA), intellectual quotient (IQ) and various testing parameters as forecaster of the educational and also one’s career achievement (A.P. Zuleima, 2009). Scores or grade is closely related to judging one’s performance in organization.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss potential disasters that could affect a community and cause mass causalities. Further discussion will include who is responsible for the management preparedness, what barriers must be considered and finally this paper will discuss the health care facilities role in emergency supplies and care of the patient in a disaster situation.
Of the four phases of emergency management, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, perhaps the place that individuals can make the biggest difference in their own state of resiliency and survival of a disaster is in the preparedness phase. Being prepared before a disaster strikes makes sense yet many people fail to take even simple, precautionary steps to reduce the consequences of destruction and mayhem produced by natural events such as earthquakes, volcanos and tornados (see Paton et al, 2001, Mileti and Peek, 2002; Tierney, 1993, Tierney et al, 2001).