“For Human Resources leaders, succession management presents a paradox. Succession planning, appraisal, and decision-making are issues for, of, and by senior line management, yet executives frequently avoid the subject out of squeamishness or misplaced optimism. If succession management is perceived as an HR scheme, however, then line managers balk, bother, and bewilder until the process is successfully squashed.”
This article on the current Linkage Inc website is an excerpt on “Succession Management” from the recently released Global Human Resource Institute (GHRI) 1998 Annual Report.
"For Human Resources leaders, succession management presents a paradox. Succession planning, appraisal, and decision-making are issues for, of, and by senior line management, yet executives frequently avoid the subject out of squeamishness or misplaced optimism. If succession management is perceived as an HR scheme, however, then line managers balk, bother, and bewilder until the process is successfully squashed."This article on the current Linkage Inc website is an excerpt on "Succession Management" from the recently released Global Human Resource Institute (GHRI) 1998 Annual Report.
