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# What is the Learning Objectives?

This book aims to prepare both the novice and the experienced Auditor for the process of auditing a BC Plan, BCM program, and BCM system.  

It is not the intention of this book to provide instructions on auditing skills. The purpose is to relate the auditing of the BCM knowledge domain directly to the Auditors.

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The Learning Objectives after reading "A Manager's Guide to Auditing and Reviewing Your Business Continuity Management Program,' you will learn:

- What the Executive Management, Auditors, and Organization BCM Coordinators’ obligations are in ascertaining the adequacy of existing provisions against the identified threats?
- Why Auditors, Business Managers and Organization BCM Coordinators should ensure the adequacy of the BC Plan and BCM program?
- What is the fundamental structure of a broad BCM Audit plan?
- What the audit approaches and test techniques to use for BCM Audits are?
- What the audit guidelines and high priority review points are?
- How to express audit opinions and how reporting can be done?

The following questions will be addressed:

- How can an Auditor contribute effectively to the BCM Planning Methodology?
- What activity does a BCM Audit entail?
- How to guide an Auditor in the formulation of the BCM Audit plan, and ensure that no important aspects are overlooked?
- What audit approaches can be adopted?
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- What are the areas of high audit priority?
- What audit opinions should be expressed and how should reporting be done?
- How is an audit report prepared?
- What are the principles of auditing BC Plans?
- How to conduct an audit of benchmarks and compliance standards?
- How to conduct an audit against regulatory guidelines?

It is not the intention of this book to provide instructions on auditing skills. The purpose is to relate the auditing of the BCM knowledge domain directly to the Auditors.

 

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#### Reference Guide

Goh, M. H. (2010). A Manager's Guide to Auditing and Reviewing Your Business Continuity Management Program. Business Continuity Management Specialist Series (1st ed., p. 192). Singapore: GMH Pte Ltd.

Extracted from "Chapter 1.8: Learning Objectives"

 

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