NEW MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINES IN THE AREA OF BUSINESS CONTINUITY

The aim of organizations is efficient management leading to a competitive advantage. In the course of its activities, each organization is endangered both externally and internally, therefore the so-called Business Continuity Management is starting to gain importance. Its goal is to assist in foreseeing potential threats and their effects on future key processes in the organization as well as on the organization as a whole. Apart from a number of material changes influencing the running of organizations, there are a number of work activity processes whose continuity is monitored. For organizations to succeed in the market and improve their performance, it is essential to monitor all changes and ensure process continuity. The purpose of the article is to identify the relationship and the mutual links between Business Continuity Management (BCM), Risk Management, Crisis Management and Knowledge Continuity Management (KCM) and subsequently to propose advanced steps of the BCM process with respect to ensuring KCM. The contribution is based on secondary data sources