CHAPTER 9 

 DEVELOPMENT

1. SUCCESSION PLANNING

1. KEY FEATURES OF SUCCESSION PLANNING

• A projection into the future of all the people requirements of an organization
• Will anticipate likely changes in the future needs for management, staff at all levels, and the skills that are required to carry out the various roles in the future successfully
• Needs to ensure that up-to-date records are kept on all members of staff
• A succession plan can often consist of three dimensions-immediate term, medium term and longer term
• Clearly as the organization projects towards the longer term it is more likely that changes will need to be anticipated, possibly changes and sometimes reacted to.

2. benefits of succession planning

• Providing a systematic approach for moving people around an organization
• Enables a structured approach to accommodate those who leave the organization
• Enables a more realistic and probably accurate analysis of future training and development requirements to be established
• Gives the business the opportunity to obtain the "buy in" of its staff to their future with the organization.