What BCM Competency and Skill Should My Senior Management Have?

BCM Competency and Skill for Senior Management

An organisation’s management role is to set the direction and approve any modifications to BC plans.

Management team members often held the organisation’s BCM Steering Committee, which also comprised the organisation's BCM Coordinator and key BU BCM Coordinators.

It is essential to be kept aware of the organisation’s BC readiness. This is achieved through the Organisation BCM Coordinator’s reports and updates on the results of various tests and exercises. During a crisis, the BCM Steering Committee becomes the Crisis Management Team. 

Hence, Senior Management must know the three competency levels, "Know-Do-Manage." Usually, senior management requires the knowledge but does not need to go into the detailed implementation or maintenance of the BC plans. 

However, they will still need the necessary BCM knowledge, which is the "Know" competency and the "Manage" competency, to set strategic directions for the BCM program.

Roles and Responsibilities

The full range of roles and responsibilities for Executive Management are to:

• Drive organisation’s BCM Policy
• Be aware of the organisation’s BC Plan and response during a crisis
• Ensure the integration of the organisation’s BCM into its business processes
• Promote the continual improvement of the organisation’s BCM

What Training Should Senior Management Attend?

To acquire these competencies, it is suggested that Executive Management considers the following list of courses and certification programmes:

• BCM briefing for Senior Management;
• BCM or CM Simulation Exercise; and
• Crisis Management briefing for Senior Management.

With the focus on managing the organisation’s BCM programme or for those who are certified with the ISO22301 BC management system (BCMS), the courses recommended are aimed at enhancing the management’s skill set to develop, implement and maintain an organisation-wide BC Plan, which is different from that of Organisation and BU BCM Coordinators.

Related Courses and Briefing

These are some of the non-certification courses that BCM Institute conducts.  Send a note to the team by clicking the "email" icon below.