ERM Tool: Building Organizational Resilience Against Viral Outbreaks
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Pandemics and viral outbreaks aren’t just health issues—they’re critical enterprise risks with far-reaching impacts across supply chains, workforce stability, and strategic operations. While COVID-19 may feel like a once-in-a-lifetime crisis, experts remind us that future outbreaks—impacting people, animals, or plants—can strike with little warning.
Our ERM Tool: Building Organizational Resilience: Preparing to Navigate a Potential Viral Outbreak from the NC State ERM Initiative provides a structured framework to help organizations prepare for, respond to, and build resilience against potential viral disruptions before they escalate.
What This Tool Helps You Do
- Reflect on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
- Identify potential weaknesses in your organization’s current preparedness
- Strengthen workforce policies and response playbooks
- Analyze supply chain dependencies on vulnerable biological systems
- Enhance surveillance techniques for emerging risk signals
Who Should Use This Tool?
This practical ERM resource is ideal for:
- Enterprise risk management professionals
- Business continuity and crisis response leaders
- Supply chain and operations managers
- HR and corporate strategy teams
- Executive leadership teams preparing for long-term resilience
Tool Features
- Three-Part Framework: Lessons from COVID-19, organizational impact analysis, and risk surveillance
- Editable Worksheets: Capture insights, vulnerabilities, and next steps in real time
- Cross-Sector Focus: Includes human, animal, and plant outbreak risks
- Forward-Looking Design: Designed to support long-term risk preparedness and decision-making
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