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Managing the Risks
ofDisruptive Events
WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL
RESILIENCE MANAGEMENT?
Organizational resilience (OR) is the goal that we are trying to achieve—
making the organization more resilient and agile to risk-related issues.
Organizational resilience management (ORM) is a risk-based management
system applicable to all organizations: public, private, and governmental
(ANSI/ASIS SPC.1-2009, p. vii). Organizational resilience management is
how we are going to achieve organizational resilience.
Organizational resilience management is a cross-disciplinary, cross-
functional approach to help an organization achieve its objectives. Change
is inherent to any organization’s operations; the environment in which an
organization operates is in a ...