“Next in Line”: A Framework for Ensuring Effective Executive Succession in Namibian Commercial Public Enterprises

Year 2024, Volume: 38 Issue: 1, 56 - 67, 26.01.2024

Jeremia Lucas Muadınohamba Bernardus Franco Maseke

Abstract

This study was conducted to gain first-hand insight into the attitudes, beliefs, values, and experiences of the targeted managers regarding executive leadership succession planning and its implementation in Namibia’s commercial public enterprises. The primary data collection for this study was qualita- tive and quantitative. The total population of the study was 63 participants, derived from 22 com- mercial public enterprises. The study developed a succession management framework for Namibian organizations called the Muadinohamba succession development progression framework, a tool for planning leadership succession in Namibian companies. The framework’s elements include mak- ing succession planning a key performance metric, setting a mandated retirement age, educating managers on succession practices, and providing a structured succession process. This study sug- gests that, in addition to researching leadership, companies within a specific cultural context should research leadership succession plans and implementation processes due to existential differences.

Keywords

Commercial public enterprises, executive succession planning, leadership, organiza- tional culture, succession management framework

“Sıradaki”: Namibya Ticari Kamu İşletmelerinde Etkili Yönetici Yedeklemesi Bir Çerçeve

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Namibya’nın ticari kamu işletmelerinde üst düzey yönetici yedekleme planlaması ve bunun uygulanmasına ilişkin olarak hedeflenen yöneticilerin tutumları, inançları, değerleri ve deneyimleri hakkında ilk elden bilgi edinmek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu çalışma için birincil veri toplama yöntemi nitel ve niceldir. Çalışmanın toplam evreni 22 ticari kamu kuruluşundan 63 katılımcıdır. Çalışma, Namibyalı kuruluşlar için Muadinohamba yedekleme gelişimi ilerleme çerçevesi adı verilen ve Namibyalı şirketlerde yönetici yedekleme planlanmasına yönelik bir araç olan bir yedekleme yönetimi çerçevesi geliştirmiştir. Çerçevenin unsurları arasında yedekleme planlamasının kilit bir performans ölçütü haline getirilmesi, zorunlu bir emeklilik yaşının belirlenmesi, yöneticilerin yedekleme uygulamaları konusunda eğitilmesi ve yapılandırılmış bir yedekleme süre- cinin sağlanması yer almaktadır. Bu çalışma, liderlik araştırmalarına ek olarak, belirli bir kültürel bağlamdaki şirketlerin varoluşsal farklılıklar nedeniyle liderlik yedekleme planlarını ve uygulama süreçlerini araştırmaları gerektiğini öne sürmektedir.

Keywords

Ticari kamu işletmeleri, yönetici yedekleme planlaması, liderlik, organizasyon kültürü, yedekleme yönetimi çerçevesi

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