BATA SHOES Introduction For right or wrong reasons, Bata India Limited (Bata) always made the headlines in the financial dailies and business magazines during the late 1990s. The company was headed by the 60-year-old managing director William Keith Weston (Weston). He was popularly known as a 'turnaround specialist' and had successfully turned around many sick companies within the Bata Shoe Organization (BSO) group. By the end of financial year 1999, Bata managed to report rising profits for four consecuti

You have been approached by Bata Shoes to draft a succession-planning program for them by applying the technique of Leadership Pipeline to prepare leaders for this company for the years to come. Explain in detail your approach (30)