Business Continuity Management in Iran- A Survey Research

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doi
10.22059/jieng.2014.51789
چکیده

     In today’s turbulent world, the continuity of criticalactivities in the event of disruptions, and also fast recovery and return tobusiness as usual, are vital for sustainable success of companies. Maintainingcontinuous delivery of critical business processes in the event of disruptions isa matter of business continuity. Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)is concerned with the development, maintaining and improving the continuity ofcritical business functions in the face of disruptive events. This paperinvestigates the business continuity management, its definitions and historicalevolution and presents a summary of a survey results on Business ContinuityManagement trends in three distinct industry sections in Iran, namely,automotive, petroleum and chemical products and food products.