Considering employee needs during a catastrophe requires innovative recovery plans: Why traditional workplace recovery solutions are outdated

Joe Sullivan

Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, 259-267

Abstract: Mobile technology has changed the way we live and operate, with co-working, flexible spaces and home office solutions that offer us the freedom to work when and where we choose. However, when disaster strikes the workplace, people are often the last to be considered in the recovery process. This paper examines strategies for businesses and their employees to continue working after a disaster strikes. It explores the trends in the market, the benefits and drawbacks of different approaches and the attitudes of continuity experts and small business owners who have the responsibility to ensure that businesses, and people, continue to function, even when their main place of work is inaccessible. Informed by expertise and experience, this paper also draws on the extant literature, as well as bespoke research targeted at both continuity professionals and business decision-makers, to discover more about attitudes to disaster recovery.

Keywords: workplace recovery; workgroup recovery; work area recovery; employee recovery; dynamic recovery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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