Succession Planning

1. Front Matter

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2. Developing Sustainable Leadership Through Succession Planning

   • Kevin S. Bottomley

   Pages 1-10

3. Literature Review of Succession Planning Strategies and Tactics

   • Irina A. Weisblat

   Pages 11-22

4. Succession Planning for Large and Small Organizations: A Practical Review of Professional Business Corporations

   • Rick D. Johnson, Donna Pepper, Joan Adkins, Alexius A. Emejom

   Pages 23-40

5. Succession Planning Management

   • Joseph Keller

   Pages 41-48

6. Succession Planning in Non-Profit Healthcare Organizations

   • Suzanne Moss Richins

   Pages 49-61

7. Succession Planning in the Small Business: The Good and the Bad

   • Donna M. Kjellander

   Pages 63-73

8. Succession Planning in Family-Owned Businesses

   • Lillie M. Hibbler-Britt, Anna Copeland Wheatley

   Pages 75-87

9. Federal Agency Succession Planning

   • Sofia G. Loomis

   Pages 89-103

10. Promoting Public Sector Sustainability Through Participation

    • Luis Gallardo

    Pages 105-123

11. Succession Planning Research Within the Business/IT Arena

    • Loyce Chithambo

    Pages 125-135

12. Strategies for Healthcare Organizations in Succession Planning

    • Tony Ray Ruffin

    Pages 137-153

13. The Feminist Perspective of Implicit Bias in Succession Planning in Healthcare

    • Cheryl LaFollette Anderson

    Pages 155-163

14. Are You Preparing a Successor? Succession Planning in a Small, Private Practice, Healthcare Setting

    • Tamara J. Reeves

    Pages 165-174

15. Succession Planning Research in the Educational Sector

    • Lili C. Melton

    Pages 175-186

16. Case Studies in Succession Planning for K12 Districts

    • Arfe Yucedag-Ozcan, Sharon K. Metcalfe

    Pages 187-198

17. Succession Planning Models, Conceptual Maps: Ethical Considerations and Best Practices

    • Vernesia Wilson

    Pages 199-211

18. Preventing Negative Conflict in Leadership Succession: Ethical Considerations and Practices

    • Anthony R. Carbo, Karin J. Storm

    Pages 213-222

19. An Epilogue to Succession Planning: Understanding the Value of Your Enterprise

    • Paul Wendee, Fiona Sussan, Ravi Chinta

    Pages 223-238

20. Back Matter

    Pages 239-242

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This book examines current research related to succession planning strategies and tactics. The authors compare and contrast the rationale and processes needed for effective and efficient succession planning. This is a comprehensive endeavor exploring succession planning across today’s key disciplines: business, education, and healthcare. Succession planning is examined from the commercial, government, and non-profit lens. The book features active research, broad literature reviews, and examines conceptual frameworks. From this valuable contribution to succession planning research, readers will receive a thorough assessment of the theoretical foundations of succession planning and ethical considerations for sustainable leadership.

• value creation
• succession management
• Sustainable leadership
• continuity planning
• HRM
• Human resource management
• succession planning in government
• healthcare management
• family business
• public management
• business information technology
• health care organizations
• HCOs
• ethical leadership

• University of Phoenix, Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

  Pamela A. Gordon

• University of Phoenix, Elkhorn, NE, USA

  Julie A. Overbey

Pamela A. Gordon is a senior research fellow for the Global Business Research Center at University of Phoenix, USA. Her work has been published in Sage Research Methods, Journal of Business Case Studies, and Journal of the Academy for Advancement of Business Research, among others.
Julie A. Overbey is the Lead Faculty Area Chair for the University of Phoenix Doctor of Management program. Her work has been published in the Leadership & Organization Development Journal.

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