CHAPTER 1

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What Is Succession Planning and Management?

Six Ministudies:Can You Solve These Succession Problems?

How is your organization handling succession planning and management (SP&M)? Read the following vignettes and, on a separate sheet, describe how your organization would solve the problem presented in each. If you can offer an effective solution to all the problems in the vignettes, then your organization may already have an effective SP&M program in place; if not, your organization may have an urgent need to devote more attention to succession issues.

Vignette 1

An airplane crashes in the desert, killing all on board. Among the passengers ...

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