Organizational Culture

The combined assumptions, beliefs, values and patterns of behaviour that are shared by members of an organization. The way in which an organization views itself, its place in its market and the environment in which it operates.

Organizational Resilience

The ability of an organization to anticipate, prepare for, and respond and adapt to incremental change and sudden disruptions in order to survive and prosper.

OSHA Standards

OSHA standards are requirements for employers to make safety and health policies for their workers necessary. As for specific standards, OSHA safety regulations require that employers are responsible for safety in their workplace. These standards may vary but are all common in that they are set to protect workers.

OSHA standards are newly introduced, updated, and revised throughout the year. For a full list of current OSHA standards, visit OSHA’s website: https://www.osha.gov/law-regs.html.

Outage

The interruption of automated processing systems, infrastructure, support services, or essential business operations, which may result, in the organizations inability to provide services for some period of time. A period in time when something is not in operation.

Outbreak

See Pandemic

Outsourced Activities

Those processes that are performed by, or in part by, a third party.

Outsourcing

The transfer of business functions to an independent (internal and/or external) third party supplier