(How and Why Should Companies Prepare Themselves for a Disaster)
By: Finti (1401136872)
Frans
Ken
Abstract
Government needs companies to exist in the country for economic stability. However, disasters sometimes come and dissolve the organization. Disaster comes from nature and it is unexpected to guess. In case, just a few companies prepared their company from disasters. Disaster management plan could help the organization to defend the company before and after disasters (Krouslis, 1984). This report explain a step of the organization which needs to think about in order to prepare its own disaster recovery plan. There are four steps to prepare the disasters: Analyzing the organization’s current capability, designing the plan, evaluating and test the plan, and implementing the plan. Assign a team is the first thing to do before do the steps. World Trade Centre, Goldman Sachs, and Charles Schwab and Company are the examples of this report.
Nature Disaster Management: How and Why Should Companies Prepare Themselves for a Disaster
These days, in the business world, a lot of companies are developed. Business is needed for development of the country. They try to improve their effort to be richer and successful. They use many things of equipment and employees to assist the progression of the company.
However, companies have to be careful of disaster. Disaster is phenomenon of earth. Disasters make a negative result for the company, for the employee and for the equipment. The U.S Code of Federal regulation in 36 CFR1236 defines “an unexpected occurrence inflicting widespread destruction and distress and having long-term advance effects on agency operation” (Rike, 2003, p. 26). The situation is nature, suddenly, unexpected and immediately. For instance, flood, earthquake, fire, and storm. According to Gartner that in five years, 93% of companies were destroyed. Company must find out what are disaster might be, and how could
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