Succession planning success factors in a hospital: A case study

Succession planning success factors in a hospital: A case study Masoud Etemadian 1 , Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad 2 , Mohammad Javad Soleimani 1 , Seyed Pouria Hedayati 3 1. Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Hospital Management Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran 2. School of Public Health, Health Information Management Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Payesh 2020; 19 (1): 41-61 Accepted for publication: 2 March 2020 [EPub a head of print-3 March 2020] Objective (s): Managers play a vital rol in hospital productivity. Succession planning is the process of identifying, developing, evaluating and training talented employees, which can, in turn, ensure organizational management and leadership continuity. Hospitals lag behind other business industries in using succession planning. This study aimed to identify key success factors of succession planning in a hospital. Methods: This case study was conducted in a public hospital that implemented succession planning in Tehran, Iran in 2018. Research participants were drawn from a purposive sample of hospital managers and employees (45 persons). Indepth semistructured interviews were conducted using open-ended questions. Thematic analysis was used for data analysis using