THE EFFECT OF HOSPITAL MANAGERS' SUCCESSION PLANNING ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF SHOUSHTARI MATERNITY HOSPITAL IN SHIRAZ IN 2017

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Objective: Widespread and rapid changes that have been created in current organizations, have led to feel lack of managers with skill for key jobs of organization and hence about the importance of succession planning in organizations be as a fundamental and vital agent should be related to strategic goals of the organization and be taken from organization’s strategy and directly involves managers of line. Actually, it can be said that succession is the second important issue that current organizations are faced it. In this regard, this investigation proceeds to the investigation of the effect of hospital managers’ succession planning on Shoushtari Maternity Hospital in Shiraz in 2017. Methods: Statistical sample of the study was chosen by random method and by using Cochran formula among 240 of personnel in the hospital. Hypotheses of the study were investigated by using correlation test and regression by using SPSS software. Results: The results in studied sample showed that succession planning has positive and meaningful effect on criteria of organizational performance (ability of employees, clarification of organizational duties, to help employees, encouragement of personnel, evaluation of personnel, increase in the credit of employees and improvement of organization’s environment). Conclusion: The results of succession planning along improving the condition of organizational environment by changing organizational environment and improving spaces and working equipment be noticed. Peer Review History: Received 24 June 2018; Revised 30 June; Accepted 6 July, Available online 15 July 2018 UJPR follows the most transparent and toughest ‘Advanced OPEN peer review’ system. The identity of the authors and, reviewers will be known to each other. This transparent process will help to eradicate any possible malicious/purposeful interference by any person (publishing staff, reviewer, editor, author, etc) during peer review. As a result of this unique system, all reviewers will get their due recognition and respect, once their names are published in the papers. We expect that, by publishing peer review reports with published papers, will be helpful to many authors for drafting their article according to the specifications. Auhors will remove any error of their article and they will improve their article(s) according to the previous reports displayed with published article(s). The main purpose of it is ‘to improve the quality of a candidate manuscript’. Our reviewers check the ‘strength and weakness of a manuscript honestly’. There will increase in the perfection, and transparency. Received file: Reviewer's Comments: Average Peer review marks at initial stage: 7/10 Average Peer review marks at publication stage: 8.5/10 Reviewer(s) detail: Noha El Baghdady, MTI University, Cairo, Egypt, nohasalah21@yahoo.com Dr. Ogbonna B. Onyebuchi, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, summitpharm@yahoo.com Similar Articles: THE RELATION BETWEEN GENERAL HEALTH AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN PERSONNEL OF SHIRAZ CITY EMERGENCY IN 2017