title: Comparing military and civilian critical thinking and information processes in operational risk management: what are the lessons?
abstract: Business continuity has expanded into a discipline that spans most functional areas of large enterprises. Both the military and financial sectors have consistently demonstrated an aptitude to expand the boundaries of continuity planning and crisis mitigation. A comparison of both enterprises is provided to see how their respective methodologies compare. Interestingly, the similarities far outweigh the differences. The paper provides commentary related to comparative insight from risk practitioners' perspectives from within the US Army, one of the largest military organisations in the world, and the Bank of Montreal, one of Canada's leading financial institutions.
authors.affiliation: US Army Medical Service Corps, USA. jerry.d.vanvactor@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jerry D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: VanVactor
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003657:Decision Making; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology; D007857:Leadership; D008891:Military Science; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011792:Quebec; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States