Assignment Context

While the new operation will be hiring many candidates externally, there are a number of jobs that would be attractive to employees from the eight similar operations. For example, the HR department will have a staff of about $15,$ six of whom will be at the managerial level and there are distinct advantages to promoting employees from a similar operation elsewhere in the company.

A key element of an effective performance management program is creating opportunities for employees to move up within the organizational structure. Some key elements of a successful performance management program would be:

A succession planning program to fill key positions quickly after they become open.

A career path program for individual employees.

An internal promotion program.

As an external expert in this area, you have been asked to work with a group of subject matter experts $($SMEs$)$ to develop a succession planning program, a career path program for employees, and an internal promotion program. You intend to base these plans on current research and on the facility described below:

The new facility will be a multi$-$purpose regional office with $1500$ employees in a variety of disciplines. The new employees will be hired for all positions, ranging from a regional VP and senior staff functions to the customer service team, and the distribution$/$warehouse team with $400$ employees. The new facility will be similar to eight existing facilities in other regions.