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2026-2027 Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Catalog

BUSN 115 - Business Continuity and Crisis Management


PROGRAM: Business Administration
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall 2023

Explores how to manage business crises, how best to avoid them, and what managers can learn from the experience.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:

  1. Define a crisis.
  2. Understand the importance of planning for crises and potential dangers.
  3. Describe the basics of continuity management.
  4. Describe how to establish a business continuity and crisis management team.
  5. Develop, assess, and determine consequences of contingency plans.
  6. Perform a business impact analysis.
  7. Identify the stages of a crisis.
  8. Describe business continuity and recovery.


COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -  

  • Contingency planning
  • Crisis leadership
  • Crisis communication techniques
  • Effective public relations techniques
  • Risk assessment
  • Crisis management team
  • SWOT analysis
  • Business continuity
  • Continuity management
  • Business impact analysis

 
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)