Unit 4- Organisational Resilience
A 3500-word strategic proposal
In your role as a Security Consultant for a large, UK based NGO, you have been asked by the CEO
to develop a wider organisational resilience strategy and capability. The aim is to enable the NGO
to plan and organise effectively in anticipation of future crisis or continuity issues.
Further details, a description of the organisation, its activities and its current Security Risk
Management framework can be seen at Annex A and B.
Task
Your task is to produce a strategic proposal for the CEO.
The proposal must provide the rationale and requirement for the development of an Organisational
Resilience strategy based on the identification of the various component functions and the
requirement for a coherent strategic approach. (LO1 AC 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
The strategy is to include justification for the selection and development of recommended
approaches based on the key requirement for the organisation to recognise the importance of
critical factors and functions that need to be protected and maintained. (LO2 AC 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4)
The proposal requires you to include comprehensive coverage of the requirements and measures
that the organisation may wish to implement and include in relation to the identification and
management of business impacts; both internal and external, in the face of challenges to resilience.
(LO3 AC 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4)
Your proposal is to provide a detailed rationale for the inclusion of planning in relation to
management of human resources in the resilience context. This should include recognition of the
need for the organisation to build a resilient structure that is fit for purpose and makes best use of
human assets at all levels. (LO4 AC 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4)
This assessment uses the following Unit learning outcomes:
LO 1 Understand Organisational Resilience capability
LO 2 Understand criticality management in Organisational Resilience
LO 3 Understand impact analysis, management, and response methodologies
LO 4 Understand the role and importance of human factors in organisational resilience
