| Description |
xxii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Background Information about Succession Planning. 1. What Is Succession Planning? 2. The Need for a New Approach -- Pt. II. Laying the Foundation for a Succession Planning Program. 3. Making the Case for Change. 4. Starting Up a Systematic Succession Planning Program. 5. Refining the Program -- Pt. III. Assessing the Present and the Future. 6. Assessing Present Work Requirements and Individual Job Performance. 7. Assessing Future Work Requirements and Individual Potential -- Pt. IV. Closing the "Developmental Gap": Operating and Evaluating a Succession Planning Program. 8. Developing Internal Successors. 9. Assessing Alternatives to Internal Development. 10. Evaluating Succession Planning -- Epilogue: Special Issues in Succession Planning |
| Summary |
The survival of any organization depends on a steady stream of leadership talent. Yet downsizing, buyouts, early retirement offers, and other forms of restructuring are wreaking havoc on the efforts of many employers to maintain management continuity. Here at last is the first book to address succession planning in terms of the new business environment. Useful for creating effective succession strategies that can be applied at nearly any level in the organization - and attuned to such current issues as reengineering, diversity, and teamwork |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Executive ability.
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Executive succession -- United States.
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Executive succession.
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Leadership -- United States.
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Leadership.
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Organizational effectiveness.
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| LC no. |
94027808 |
| ISBN |
0814402062 |
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