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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

  • TOP218SY
    Täydentävä 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.