Applying Quantitative Staffing Analysis to Succession Planning

There are several ways in which a quantitative staffing analysis can enhance the effectiveness of an organization’s succession and development planning process. To begin with, quantitative analysis can help an organization identify specific areas of vulnerability and determine the “right” size of the candidate pool. Each of these two applications is discussed later in the chapter.

Note that for all of these analyses, your data should be segmented by whatever job categories you are using in your succession analysis. For example, if you are applying succession and development planning at specific job levels (e.g., all vice president– or director-level positions), then the analyses ...

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