<b><i>The First Ever College Textbook on Business Continuity and Risk Management<br> Is Also a Great Team Resource and Self-Study Guide for Practitioners and Novices</b></i><br><br><br> <b>5 Reasons You'll Want This New Undergraduate/Graduate Textbook for Ready Reference in the Office</b><br><br> <b> 1. State-of-the-art summation of the global body of knowledge for Business Continuity Management (BCM),</b> including current international standards and best practices. <br><br> <b> 2. Flexible, modular design that allows you to customize a self-study plan:</b> Ten chapters cover fundamental principles and practices; three chapters give greater detail on Information Technology and Emergency Management for those focusing in these areas; and four chapters delve into Risk Modeling for those seeking a foundation in the statistical underpinnings of risk management.<br><br> <b> 3. Comprehensive training package for professional development classes, including instructor materials:</b> test bank, syllabi, PowerPoint slides, and sample solutions to case studies, discussions, and end-of-chapter questions. Two of the case studies are integrated throughout the text to give managers experience in applying chapter principles to a service company and a manufacturer.<br><br> <b>4. Holistic coverage of two interfacing fields: Business Continuity</b>, which tends to deal with consequences, and <b>Risk Management</b>, which tends to be preventative. Both The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) have endorsed the book.<br><br> <b>5. Quick desk reference for your BCM team</b> offering a readable blend of academic principles and practical applications an effective tool for grounding interdepartmental teams that are learning to develop and maintain BC plans.<br><br> <b>If you're a college instructor</b> who has been thinking about starting a new course in Business Continuity Management, this comprehensive package will expedite your course design and implementation. If you've been searching for student-oriented materials for the classes you already teach, then you'll find that the chapter discussion topics, review questions, and case studies will give your students an accessible, readable blend of academic principles and practical applications.<br><br><b>KURT J. ENGEMANN, PhD, CBCP</b>, is the Director of the Center for Business Continuity and Risk Management and Professor of Information Systems in the Hagan School of Business at Iona College. He is the editor-in-chief of the <i>International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management </i>. Dr. Engemann teaches courses in Business Continuity and Risk Management, Systems Analysis and Design, Operations Management, Statistics and Decision Analysis. He has a PhD in Operations Research from New York University and has published extensively in the area of risk management and decision modeling. Professionals from a number of Wall Street banking firms and Fortune 500 companies attend his graduate courses in business continuity and risk management.<br><br><b>DOUGLAS M. HENDERSON, FSA, CBCP</b>, is President of Disaster Management, Inc., and has 20+ years of consulting experience in all areas of Business Continuity and Emergency Response Management. His clients include Discovery Channel Latin America, Professional Golfers' Association (PGA), University of Miami, and numerous other organizations of all sizes. He is the author of the book <i>Is Your Business Ready for the Next Disaster?</i> and has developed a number of templates on CD, including the <i>Comprehensive Business Continuity Management Program</i>, the <i>Continuity of Operations Plan for Colleges and Universities</i>, the <i>Complete Hurricane and Flood Plan for Business</i>, and <i>Quick and Easy Business Continuity Plan for Your Small Business</i>.<br><br>