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Succession Planning and Leadership at DRYCO, Inc.

George L. Whaley, Ph.D., Paula Walker
May 1, 2014
SKU:
BUS-004810
Region: 
North America
Topic: 
Strategy & General Management, Human Resources & Organizational Behavior
Length: 
16 pages
Keywords: 
small business, entrepreneurship, leadership, OB/management and human resource management, human resources
Student Price: 
$4.00 (€3.67)
Average rating: 
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Daren Young, CEO of DRYCO, a family owned paving construction and maintenance (PCM) firm, faced several crises at DRYCO but he worked hard to make the firm profitable. The last few years had been especially difficult for DRYCO primarily due to the decline in the local real estate market that propelled the PCM industry. He made a bold decision to expand his firm to a second site in the middle of the recession. Young reflected on his leadership approach during all the decisions he had faced at DRYCO and wondered what would happen if a family or business castrophe materialized. He felt that he was too young to retire and while succession planning was important but not an urgent matter. Daren mulled over what priority to give succession planning, what management or leadership approach he should take concerning this issue and who was the best person to succeed him.

Learning Outcomes: 
  1. Evaluate the role of CEOs’ leadership in the development of succession plans.
  2. Analyze the role that family and non-family members usually play in the development of effective succession plans.
  3. Analyze methods used by CEOs to select a successor.
  4. Describe the relationship between methods used by CEOs to select a successor and the best candidates selected.