Week 9!

I was a little under the weather this weekend, so sorry I am just now posting! I checked out some business plans/ procedure for something like the flu, and here are some of the things that I saw in there:

Identify a pandemic coordinator and/or team with defined roles and responsibilities for preparedness and response planning. The planning process should include input from labor representatives.
Identify essential employees and other critical inputs (e.g. raw materials, suppliers, sub-contractor services/ products, and logistics) required to maintain business operations by location and function during a pandemic.
Train and prepare ancillary workforce (e.g. contractors, employees in other job titles/descriptions, retirees).
Develop and plan for scenarios likely to result in an increase or decrease in demand for your products and/or services during a pandemic (e.g. effect of restriction on mass gatherings, need for hygiene supplies).
Determine potential impact of a pandemic on company business financials using multiple possible scenarios that affect different product lines and/or production sites.
Determine potential impact of a pandemic on business-related domestic and international travel (e.g. quarantines, border closures). (This info is from the web page!

I currently am employed at Eyemasters, and I was surprised to see that my general manager was not familiar at all with any company procedures such as the ones above. I think that its very unorganized to not have any procedures established with employees to follow in case of extreme events such as the bird flu. I will be seeking more information on this topic and will post again tomorrow!