Factors influencing the effective leadership succession planning: Study on a Malaysian GLC

Factors influencing effective Leadership Succession Planning (LSP) of one main Malaysian Government Linked Companies (GLC) becomes the focal scope of this research paper. The need to understand external factors, among others, on Malaysian economic policy itself, has a great influence on LSP program....

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Main Authors:	Shamsulkahar, Abdul Shukor, Suhaidah, Hussain
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	KnE Social Sciences 2019
Subjects:	BF Psychology DS Asia HC Economic History and Conditions HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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spelling	ump-259762019-11-19T07:46:04Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25976/ Factors influencing the effective leadership succession planning: Study on a Malaysian GLC Shamsulkahar, Abdul Shukor Suhaidah, Hussain BF Psychology DS Asia HC Economic History and Conditions HD28 Management. Industrial Management Factors influencing effective Leadership Succession Planning (LSP) of one main Malaysian Government Linked Companies (GLC) becomes the focal scope of this research paper. The need to understand external factors, among others, on Malaysian economic policy itself, has a great influence on LSP program. It is not sufficient for the leaders in GLCs to only master their business operations knowhow. With the great interest to discover the actual practice of a successful GLC, researcher took this subject as this qualitative research is aimed to study the current factors and the gap that is influencing the effectiveness of current LSP initiatives by a service-oriented of GLC, and to highlight some key critical factors as proposed in the literature. Factors influencing the effectiveness of LSP are also subject on the ability of the leaders to adopt to external changes particularly in the era of a borderless economic and faster rate of technology changes, and there are some differences among the industries and organizations, subject to the nature of the business and their stakeholders. Nevertheless, some important concept in LSP can be used as guidelines and practices be it from the primary data or the research literature. In view of this, the researcher is determined to conduct a qualitative study in meeting the research objectives and to answer the research questions. An interview with the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of one GLC, who is the subject matter expert. The recording from the interview was transcribed and further analyzed using ATLAS.ti software. The findings evidence that there is the current practice of leadership succession planning in the company, anyhow there is a gap between the aspirations of the Group CEO and the availability of C-level replacement from within, and between the reality and the theories. Results of the findings identify the outcomes that need to be taken into action for a more effective LSP program. In the future, similar research approach can be conducted to other GLCs in order to analyze the similarities and complementary aspirations with regards to LSP. KnE Social Sciences 2019-08-18 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25976/1/Factors%20influencing%20the%20effective%20leadership%20succession%20planning.pdf Shamsulkahar, Abdul Shukor and Suhaidah, Hussain (2019) Factors influencing the effective leadership succession planning: Study on a Malaysian GLC. In: KnE Social Sciences: FGIC 2nd Conference on Governance and Integrity 2019, 19-20 August 2019 , Yayasan Pahang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. pp. 963-991., 2019. ISSN 2518-668X https://doi.org/10.18502/kss.v3i22.5106
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description	Factors influencing effective Leadership Succession Planning (LSP) of one main Malaysian Government Linked Companies (GLC) becomes the focal scope of this research paper. The need to understand external factors, among others, on Malaysian economic policy itself, has a great influence on LSP program. It is not sufficient for the leaders in GLCs to only master their business operations knowhow. With the great interest to discover the actual practice of a successful GLC, researcher took this subject as this qualitative research is aimed to study the current factors and the gap that is influencing the effectiveness of current LSP initiatives by a service-oriented of GLC, and to highlight some key critical factors as proposed in the literature. Factors influencing the effectiveness of LSP are also subject on the ability of the leaders to adopt to external changes particularly in the era of a borderless economic and faster rate of technology changes, and there are some differences among the industries and organizations, subject to the nature of the business and their stakeholders. Nevertheless, some important concept in LSP can be used as guidelines and practices be it from the primary data or the research literature. In view of this, the researcher is determined to conduct a qualitative study in meeting the research objectives and to answer the research questions. An interview with the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of one GLC, who is the subject matter expert. The recording from the interview was transcribed and further analyzed using ATLAS.ti software. The findings evidence that there is the current practice of leadership succession planning in the company, anyhow there is a gap between the aspirations of the Group CEO and the availability of C-level replacement from within, and between the reality and the theories. Results of the findings identify the outcomes that need to be taken into action for a more effective LSP program. In the future, similar research approach can be conducted to other GLCs in order to analyze the similarities and complementary aspirations with regards to LSP.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Shamsulkahar, Abdul Shukor Suhaidah, Hussain
author_facet	Shamsulkahar, Abdul Shukor Suhaidah, Hussain
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title	Factors influencing the effective leadership succession planning: Study on a Malaysian GLC
title_short	Factors influencing the effective leadership succession planning: Study on a Malaysian GLC
title_full	Factors influencing the effective leadership succession planning: Study on a Malaysian GLC
title_fullStr	Factors influencing the effective leadership succession planning: Study on a Malaysian GLC
title_full_unstemmed	Factors influencing the effective leadership succession planning: Study on a Malaysian GLC
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