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Exploring Succession Planning For Executive Leadership Positions Within Ohio's Faith-Based Organizations: A Multiple-Case Study, Gilda Drammeh
Exploring Succession Planning For Executive Leadership Positions Within Ohio's Faith-Based Organizations: A Multiple-Case Study, Gilda Drammeh
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
The predicted shortage in the number of qualified professionals available to fill vacant executive leadership positions is a significant concern for the non-profit sector. This qualitative multiple-case study explored the general problem of the potential lack of succession planning, resulting in the inability to identify future leaders within Ohio’s faith-based organizations. Specifically, this study concentrated on the selection process of candidates for executive leadership positions, and the succession planning process that contributed to a successful or failure to implement. In a purposeful sample, eighteen (18) senior leaders located in the eastern and western regions of Ohio, were selected for this …
Family Business Leadership Succession, Elissa A. Rogers
Family Business Leadership Succession, Elissa A. Rogers
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Family businesses frequently experience business failure following succession from the first generation. Family businesses that lack effective succession plans have low sustainability beyond the second or third generations of family leadership. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore how to reduce family business failure following generational succession. Three theoretical models were included in the conceptual framework: (a) Lewin’s three-step change model, (b) Bass’s full range of leadership model, and (c) Rumelt’s strategic kernel. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews and internal documents relevant to the succession process. Six themes emerged: (a) reason for succession, (b) necessary …