Develop a Framework and Strategies for Succession Management (HR-TM-502E-0) Geylang, Central

Course details

Course Objectives

The course will address the skills and knowledge required to create and develop a succession strategy and process within an organisation. It covers understanding the organisation’s strategic, people and capability needs and the identification of critical organisation roles.

Course Outline

Develop a succession management strategy

• Consult stakeholders to identify their expectations regarding succession management
  
• Develop strategies for managing succession that is aligned with organisational objectives and needs and other human resource programmes
  
• Communicate succession management strategies to stakeholders to generate buy-in and build ownership

Identify critical organisational roles and feeder positions

• Consult with stakeholders to identify critical roles
  
• Develop profiles to document the requirements of the critical roles
  
• Identify feeder positions within the organisation that can provide opportunities to groom successors

Manage succession process

• Identify successors for critical positions in the organisation by matching their profiles with the critical position profiles
  
• Conduct a risk assessment for critical positions and document the outcomes
  
• Work with managers and identify successors to create and document development and retention plans

Evaluate succession management programme

• Identify criteria to evaluate the performance of succession management programmes
  
• Support the development of processes and systems to gather measurement data and feedback from key stakeholders
  
• Monitor internal and external influences and trends that may impact on the succession management programme
  
• Analyse data to refine the succession management programme