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Comparing military and civilian critical thinking and information processes in operational risk management: What are the lessons?
Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning,
4
(2),
97-112
(2010)
Abstract
Business continuity has expanded into a discipline that spans most functional areas of large enterprises. Both the military and financial sectors have consistently demonstrated an aptitude to expand the boundaries of continuity planning and crisis mitigation. A comparison of both enterprises is provided to see how their respective methodologies compare. Interestingly, the similarities far outweigh the differences. The paper provides commentary related to comparative insight from risk practitioners’ perspectives from within the US Army, one of the largest military organisations in the world, and the Bank of Montreal, one of Canada’s leading financial institutions.
Keywords: decision making; leadership; military; banking; continuity planning
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Author's Biography
Jerry D. VanVactor is an active duty healthcare logistician in the US Army medical service corps. He is a doctor of health administration and holds masters degrees in business administration and healthcare management. Dr VanVactor has served with distinction in the US military since 1989 in many healthcare and supply-chain management roles.
Tony Gill is Chairman of Gill Advisors Inc., a firm providing workplace continuity consulting services internationally. He has addressed several conferences, and his work on telework and business continuity has appeared in Facility Management Journal, The Public Manager and Journal of Facilities Management. He has recently been developing a proprietary algorithm to help organisations shield themselves from the economic consequences of a pandemic. He earned an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Waterloo as well as an MBA from the Warrington School of Business at the University of Florida in Gainesville, with a specialisation in finance and real estate.
Citation
VanVactor, Jerry D. and Gill, Tony (2010, February 1). Comparing military and civilian critical thinking and information processes in operational risk management: What are the lessons?. In the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Volume 4, Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.69554/TJVS4974.
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