Succession planning. IT & Computer Science Case Study (Case Study Sample)

SUCCESSION PLANNING
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27th November, 2017
Introduction
A succession plan is a significant part of an organization as it ensures employees are recruited and developed for certain duration of time to fill all necessary roles within the company once they are vacated by their seniors CITATION Ste151 \l 1033 (Stewart, 2015). The IT Developers plays a critical role in the organization as they are fully responsible for all firms' infrastructural technology and have to ensure that it is well updated with the latest cutting-edge technologies.
The position of the Chief IT Developer is often challenging to fill and most organizations experience hard times when the position is vacated. This occurs because critical skills, knowledge, and abilities have to be well developed over time. The critical knowledge required for one to be an IT Developer is mostly practical understanding of technology, theoretical part of technology and the latest developments in the technology field CITATION Byr13 \l 1033 (Byrd, 2013) .