COVID-19 Lesson Learned to Plan for Emergency Response and for Continuous Operating of the Governmentwith Business Continuity Plan

Abstract

This article aimed to study the concept regarding continuity management and guidelines for preparing a business continuity plan (BCP). It was found that the business continuity plan is a plan to manage a businessto  continue uninterruptedly in the condition of encountering unusual situations from external or internal factors that hinder the organization's operation. The continuity management approach widely adopted is the Business Continuity Standard (BS25999) as a prototype of development to ISO 223011. This requires 6 main components as a BCM life cycle for organizations or agencies to apply with scope, management method and resources required in the BCM of each organization, which may vary according to size, type, mission, and resources used as follows: 1) BCM ProgramManagement, 2) Understanding the Organization, 3) Determining BCM strategy, 4) Developing and Implementing BCM Response, 5) Exercising Maintaining and Reviewing, 6) Embedding BCM in the Organization’s Culture.