Project Pandemic Management - Lessons from the Past
This project was generated as a result of a request for a paper for the Conferenz Bird Flu Pandemic - Business Continuity and Planning Update Conference in Auckland and Wellington on 24 and 31 May 2006, titled ‘Predicting and Planning for the Financial Impact on your Business’. The resulting paper has been expanded and updated to reflect the additional knowledge gained from discussions with presenters and participants at the conference. Special acknowledgement must be made to the conference organiser Kevin Smit and the Chair; David Lumley, Chief Advisor, Strategic Management, Ministry of Economic Development.
Project Status
Completed: June 2006
Purpose
The strategic aim of this paper is to:
Add to the dialogue on managing a pandemic.
Methodology
This paper is broken up into four parts.
- Part 1: Reviews lessons from history, including a study of 9/11, Chernobyl and other disasters in order to reveal effective management strategies for the eventuality of a pandemic.
- Part 2: Explores the use of effective risk management strategies in the past.
- Part 3: Explores New Zealand’s underlying strengths and weaknesses and explores the dynamics of a pandemic marketplace.
- Part 4: Poses a set of questions for organisations to answer so that they can assess and manage the financial effects of a pandemic. The check list is generic, rather than specific to any industry.
Publication
14 June 2006: Managing the Business Risk of a Pandemic: Lessons from the Past and a Checklist for the Future
Background Information
Research Topic: Pandemic Management
Project Update
This research project was completed in June 2006.
Contact
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Project Manager
14 December 2007
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