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Countering the economic effects of bird flu through teleworking

Tony Gill
Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 1 (1), 27-36 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.69554/GAJY8262

Abstract

As officials warn the public about potential health consequences of pandemics, attention is shifting towards their impact on organisations. This paper suggests ways in which continuity planners can systematically deal with the potential economic consequences of such an outbreak. Thus far, much attention has focused on the potential health consequences of a pandemic outbreak, but limited attention has been paid to operational impacts. As a first-level response, continuity planners are modifying existing plans by benchmarking their approaches to a set of known events that have occurred in the past. One of the limitations of this strategy is that the nature of a pandemic is very different from the core characteristics of disruptive phenomena such as terrorism or events of severe weather. For this reason, planners will be called upon to adopt a revised planning framework. This will also be likely to move telework to the forefront of continuity planning. Indeed, integrating telework into the body of business continuity planning might be one of the most significant planning precedents established during the coming months, not just in the way it manages telework, but also as it institutionalises telework as standard operating procedure within the workplace.

Keywords: business continuity; telework; avian flu; bird flu; risk management; continuity of operations; H5N1; pandemic planning

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Author's Biography

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

Gill, Tony (2006, September 1). Countering the economic effects of bird flu through teleworking. In the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Volume 1, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.69554/GAJY8262.

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