Business Continuity Planning (5 cr)
Code: A9491-TOP1811
General information
Enrollment
14.05.2018 - 19.08.2018
Timing
11.09.2018 - 04.12.2018
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual proportion
2 op
RDI proportion
2 op
Mode of delivery
60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning
Unit
Laurea Leppävaara
Campus
Laurea Leppävaara
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
20 - 60
Degree programmes
- Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOP2), Palvelualat
Teachers
- Harri Ruoslahti
- Reijo Lähde
Teacher in charge
Reijo Lähde
Groups
-
TOP218SYTäydentävä osaaminen (amk-tutkinto), S18, Palvelualat
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- apply requirements set by legislation, directives and guidelines regarding business continuity and supply chain risk management
- identify critical business operations and their needs for BCP through the customer value chain
- apply risk management methods to identify, evaluate and manage operative business continuity and supply chain risks through the customer value chain
- create and develop operational models, plans and guidelines for business continuity management and supply chain risk management
Teaching methods
Optima realization / student group,
Other method of implementation,
Project / venture / R & D,
Web / virtual
Learning materials and recommended literature
• Optima material
• Following books/ebooks (ebooks are available through Laurea Finna with your Laurea credentials):
• Steerling, S. et al (2012), Business Continuity For Dummies (ebook), and
• Hotchkiss, Stuart (2010), Business Continuity Management: In Practice (ebook)
Important dates
Online exam & retakes TBA
Assignment return by TBA
Grading scale
H-5
Evaluation methods and criteria
5-1, Failed
Exam 50 % of the total grade
Assignment 50 % of the total grade
NB. Returning your development/learning assignments late will lower your grade.
Less than seven (7) days late will render a grade lower than 4.
Being late between seven (7) and 14 days will render a grade lower than 3.
Returns that are late more than 14 days will render a grade below 2.
Qualifications
Before enrolling to this study unit, you should have adequate competence level of security management, which you can acquire for example by completing study unit: A9484 Basics of Corporate Security and Risk Management 10 credits.