The Types Of Threats, The Impact And Four Steps The Process

BackgroundDisasters, may it be natural or celluloid, are occurrences that are inevitable to businesses and companies. They may take the form of an earthquake or informational theft that is equally tragic to the affected phoner. Romano emphasizes that companies are starting to realize that they need to protect their assets both informational and physical. (1995,P.43). And so, companies and corporations have developed Disaster Management as the abduce implies, it is a process of dealing, if not preventing, accidents through to companies. According to Rike, casualty management is divided into three kinds natural threats, technical difficulty and valet de chambrekind activities. (2003,P.26). Rike stresses that mishap management isnt only concerned about natural disasters but also technical and man-made disasters that are relatively abundant in most companies which returns a vent of income.DefinitionDisaster management, according to Clark, is the process of preparing for mitigati ng, responding to, and convalescent from a disaster. (1995, P. 41). Clarks statement shows that disaster management is not only about what companies should do ahead or during or after a disaster, but what companies should do from before a disaster arises up to the cartridge clip that the confederation needs to incur from the damage that the particular disaster brings to the company.OutlineThis report aims to discuss the types of threat, the bushel and four- graduation process of disaster management and why companies should prepare themselves even before a disaster occurs.The Types of ThreatRike identifies that disaster management has three sub categories to wit Natural or Environmental threats, technical hazard and human activities (2003, P.26).The Natural or Environmental threats that Rike was referring to are the natural calamities that we are accustomed to such as earthquakes, floods, fire, storms, etc. that can cause physical or psychological damage to the companies. Rike states that human life is always the jump consideration in any emergency or disaster. (2003, P.26) and there are no other greater threats to human safety than natural calamities because of its destructive power.Technical Hazards can be grouped in seven namely power outage, gas leak, software failure, biological contamination, train derailment, toxic spill and electrical shortage (Rike, 2003, P.26). And human activities are the threat that is concerned about human errors, miscalculation and faults due to lack of skill or ignorance. There is a saying that No man (or woman) is perfect. And so, it is necessary for companies to prepare themselves for these kinds of disasters to avoid any loss of valuable income.Impact of DisasterOne type of the impact of disaster is the development of companies (Rike, 2003, P.27). Companies should be aware of its competition because its survival depends on how comfortably a certain company performs against these competitors and should surpass the deve lopment of other companies to be able to prolong a competitive edge over the others.The second type is the Economy which dictates whether a certain company should act. If a certain disaster hits a particular state, city or country, its economy may well be affected and soon it affects the production/income of the company. The third is the peoples lives a company cannot meshing on its own, it depends on its workers to do the little things that bring the huge amount of money into the companies. So, companies should protect and keep on the well-being of its employees and make sure that they are in the same page to be able to check them a great outcome.Four Steps of the ProcessIn the first step is that management have ability to support (Rike, 2003, P.27). The company should be able to have a disaster management that can support its business. The second step is about the analysis risk (Rike, 2003, P.27). The Disaster Management should do an analysis risk that, as the name implies, an alyses the risks involved in a particular disaster and its recovery. The third step is that the company needs to leave out much time on data collection and preparing the written plan (Rike, 2003, P.30).The company should do an real(a) planning of the disaster management to make things organized to minimize undone tasks especially when it comes to recovery because time is of the essence for most companies. The last step is that test the plan (Rike, 2003, P.31). A plan will not be complete without testing it. The company should test it under the most hazardous situations to maximize its productiveness and to be able to identify its flaws.ConclusionThe report has discussed in detail what disasters are and how and why companies should prepare themselves/recover from the said disasters and how they can affect the companys profits. The report will be very useful for companies to identify the activities that should be done in order to protect what is most important to them, which is the income, because a disaster creates a thin line between bankruptcies and an incredible comeback from a disaster.