Evaluation of Succession Planning to Improve Court Employees' Career Development Opportunities: An Evolutionary Concept Whose Time Is Now!

Succession planning is a process designed to ensure that individuals are recruited and developed to fill key roles in organizations. In this highly informative and easy-to-read dissertation, Dr. Keith E. Robinson provides extensive background on what defines effective succession planning, its importance in today s workforce, and the immediacy with which it needs to be integrated into the court systems. Using mixed methods research, Dr. Robinson reveals the perceptions and attitudes of court employees and their desire for a structured, systematic, and well-defined succession plan and provides insights on how to implement such practices strategically and effectively. Evaluation of Succession Planning to Improve Court Employees Career Development Opportunities is an excellent resource for human resource departments, executives, managers, or anyone looking to develop their understanding of succession planning and career and leadership development.