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Successful Succession Planning & Management (SPM): A Scientific Approach

Corporate SP aims to identify and develop short-term and often longer term successors for key, usually senior roles (Hirsh, 1998).

• But what kind of SPM is appropriate in the rapid business changes and
  volatile labour markets of the 1990s?
• What are the key elements of a successful SPM?
• What does the SPM process look like?
• Who is responsible for SPM and how should it best be managed
• Finally and most importantly, what benefits, if any, do larger organisations gain from SPM?

This white paper provides an overview of SPM and addresses the above key questions.

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