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Succession Planning

Promoting Organizational Sustainability

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Editors:
  1. Pamela A. Gordon

    1. University of Phoenix, Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

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  2. Julie A. Overbey

    1. University of Phoenix, Elkhorn, NE, USA

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  • Explores succession planning across today’s key disciplines: business, education, and healthcare

  • Provides a multi-faceted view of succession planning from three lenses: commercial, government, and non-profit

  • Chapters include active research, broad literature reviews, and conceptual frameworks.

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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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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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Phoenix, Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

    Pamela A. Gordon

  • University of Phoenix, Elkhorn, NE, USA

    Julie A. Overbey

About the editors

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.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Succession Planning

  • Book Subtitle: Promoting Organizational Sustainability

  • Editors: Pamela A. Gordon, Julie A. Overbey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72532-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72531-4Published: 19 March 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10222-7Published: 01 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72532-1Published: 07 March 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 242

  • Topics: Organization

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