Tuesday, December 9, 2008

The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management or Financial Statement Analysis Workbook

The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management

Author: Andrew Hiles

How long would your business survive an interruption? What if operations were destroyed by fire or flood, negative media drives away customers or the company database is stolen or infected by a virus? How well are you prepared to deal with disaster?

This comprehensive guide tells you why you need a plan and then will help you put one together, including fully updated, detailed glossary and additional examples from the USA, Australia and Europe. Clearly split into useful sections, the book is easy to navigate.

The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management has been revised and updated to reflect new regulations and standards by one of the top international authorities in the field, this is an important book for anyone within the business continuity industry.

Seven new chapters include coverage of:  US Homeland Security measures relating to IT; UK Civil Contingencies Act relating to business continuity; NFP 16000 (US National Fire Prevention Association 1600 Business Continuity standard); British Standards Institution/Business Continuity Institute Publicly Available Standard 56 and other current and upcoming standards; Other emerging standards: Singapore standard for Disaster Recovery service providers, Australia & New Zealand standards; Pandemic planning


With contributions from leading practitioners in the industry, The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management has established itself as an invaluable resource for anyone involved in, or looking to gain a detailed appreciation of, the rapidly emerging area of business continuity and disaster recovery within the corporate environment.



Table of Contents:

Contributors     xi
Foreword   Lyndon Bird     xv
Preface   David Honour     xvii
Introduction   Andrew Hiles     xix
An introduction to business continuity planning   Andrew Hiles     xxiii
How to use this book   Andrew Hiles     xxix
Achieving and maintaining business continuity: an executive overview     1
What are we planning for?   Geert Vancoppenolle     3
What is a business continuity planning (BCP) strategy?   Mike O'Hehir     27
A crisis management perspective of business continuity   Robert Heath     47
Multilateral continuity planning &nb sp; Dennis C. Hamilton     59
Marketing protection: a justification for funding of total asset protection programmes?   Andrew Hiles     73
Operational risk management   Peter Viner     83
Business strategy and business continuity planning   Ranjit Kovilinkal Ramakrishnan   Satish Viswanathan     97
Planning for business continuity: a 'how-to' guide     103
The business continuity planning methodology   Malcolm Cornish     105
Project initiation and management   Jayne Howe     119
Risk evaluation and control: practical guidelines for risk assessment   Ian Charters     137
Business impact analysis   Peter Barnes   &nbs p; 145
Developing business continuity strategies for the business or work areas   Neal Courtney     161
Business continuity strategies for financial services   Jillian Simms     173
Business continuity strategies for manufacturing and logistics   Melvyn Musson     185
Business continuity for telecommunications   Paul P. Kirvan     193
Strategies for IT and communications   Michael Smith   Piper-Anna Shields     205
Planning to recover your data   Thomas Carroll     237
Strategies for funding recovery   Danny Rowland     253
Emergency response and operations   Gregg C. Beatty     263
Developing and implementing the written plan   Andrew Hiles     279
Awareness and training   Andrew Hiles     315
BC plan testing   Tim Armit     323
BC audit   Rolf von Rossing     339
Selecting the tools to support the process   Lyndon Bird     369
Coping with people in recovery   Allen Johnson      387
The missing elements   Andrew Hiles     405
Case studies   Peter Barnes   Andrew Hiles     411
An introduction to the case study section     412
Storm, earthquake, explosion - a general overview     416
Living nightmares - some apocryphal tales     420
World Trade Center explosion 26 February 1993     423
Hurricane Andrew, Miami - 24 August 1992     426
Chicago floods - 13 April 1992     429
Thirty seconds of terror! The California earthquake     431
After the Fire - First Interstate Bank, Los Angeles     435
One Meridian Plaza, Philadelphia     437
The Mercantile fire     442
How floods can ruin your day: London College of Printing     447
Flood highlights     449
A cautionary tale     451
It happened to them     454
Fire highlights     457
Wessex Regional Health Authority     459
The Bishopsgate bomb - 25 April 1993     462
City bomb blast: St Mary Axe - 10 April 1992     465
Explosion roundup     467
Stop thief!     469
Miscellaneous highlights     472
Lessons in risk management from the Auckland power crisis     475
Foot and mouth: a preventable disaster     486
The Madrid rail bombings - 11 March 2004     495
Istanbul bombings - November 2003     497
London bombings - 7 July 2005 (7/7)     498
Buncefield (UK) oil terminal disaster - 11 December 2005     501
General guideline notes   Andrew Hiles     507
Risk: a process approach     508
Data loss: where did it go?     510
The role of insurance     517
Five nines: chasing t he chimera?     522
Consultancy without tears     528
Financing business continuity: why is it a problem?     531
Pandemic planning   Malcolm Cornish     534
Certification standards     545
Certification standards for business continuity practitioners     546
International perspectives, standards and sources     551
The implications of recent legislation and standards on business continuity   Andrew Hiles     552
Business continuity management: an international perspective from the BCI   Lyndon Bird     565
Business continuity planning in Asia   Alan Craig     573
Useful international contacts     588
Glossary of general business continuity terms     591
Index     595

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Financial Statement Analysis Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises and Tests to help you Master Financial Statement Analysis, 3rd Edition

Author: Martin Fridson

Whether you’re evaluating a company’s stock price, assessing its credit quality, or determining valuations for a merger or acquisition, deciphering the messages embedded within a company’s financial statements is critical–especially after the recent demise of so-called "solid" companies. This workbook will help you do this and much more, by allowing you to hone your skills and test the knowledge you’ve gained from reading Financial Statement Analysis, Third Edition.

Question-and-answer sections within this workbook correspond to each chapter of Financial Statement Analysis, Third Edition, so you can use this guide in conjunction with the actual text. Alternatively, you can use the self-administered tests that are also a part of this workbook to independently practice the skill of reading and understanding financial statements. Either way, using the Financial Statement Analysis Workbook will help you expand your skills in reading an d analyzing financial statements–so you can successfully put your hard-won knowledge to work in the real world.



Table of Contents:

Part 1Questions1
Questions on Each Chapter3
Financial Statement Exercises31
Computational Exercises56
Part 2Answers77
Answers to Questions on Each Chapter79
Answers to Financial Statement Exercises108
Answers to Computational Exercises124

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