Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
School
Business Administration
Advisor
Jamiel Vadell
Abstract
Nonprofit organization executives lack strategies for effective succession planning. Executives who implement succession planning strategies can improve human talent, transition executive successors, and retain leadership continuity to preserve organizational success. Grounded in the human capital theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies nonprofit organization executives use for effective succession planning. The participants included four executives from multiple organizations in southeast Michigan who used strategies for effective succession planning. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and company documents. Through thematic analysis, three themes emerged: effective strategies to formalize a succession plan, effective strategies to develop succession planning candidates, and effective strategies for transition timing. The key recommendation included having a formally documented succession plan made accessible to the nonprofit organization’s employees. The implications for positive social change include the potential to increase community prosperity through further access to employment and services enabling southeast Michigan residents to increase their support of community enrichment.
Recommended Citation
Karaki, Mohamed, "Succession Planning Strategies of Nonprofit Organization Executives" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 13023.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/13023
