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Week 4 Discussion question 2

Week 4 Discussion question 2

Q Please refer to Chapter 4's Closing Case 2 (Snow Closure Downtown, pg. 175) and answer any ONE of the questions below in your initial thread before Wednesday. Then, before the end of Sunday, make the remaining THREE response posts (interact with at least TWO different classmates by either asking probing question(s), agreeing with their answers, or offering alternative points of view). Either way, your replies must be substantive and through-provoking to earn full credit for your participation. Questions: 1. How can a business continuity plan (BCP) help a company prepare for disasters such as a snowstorm? 2. Do you believe emergency communications are a critical part of a BCP? 3. What types of new technologies could companies such as Amazon and Direct Fresh use to deliver packages during a disaster?

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In this week’s discussion, we are reading Closing case 2 of Chapter 4 and the topic is Snow Closure Downtown. I have chosen the first question that says How can a business continuity plan help a company prepare for a disaster such as a snowstorm (Council, n.d.). The business continuity plan is used in protecting the company from future disasters and other problems that might lead to failure (Council, n.d.). It is a well-developed, structured plan that is used to assist any kind of business and recover the business from any kind of incident or risk (Council, n.d.).