Receiving the secret: do we care about succession planning in higher education libraries?

摘要

A recent article proposed that much of the explanation for the inexorable rise of Tesco to become the nation's favourite retail outlet -and the similar decline of Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer over a similar period- was their varied success in finding successors to previously highly effective chief executives. Given the disparity in these recent performances it is worth taking notice of the importance of succession planning for corporate success. Despite this, too few of us pay any attention at all to succession planning.