A city manager wants succession planning that pre-selects a deputy as the next department head. Civil-service rules will still govern the vacancy. What should HR design?
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Short Explanation
Public-sector succession is not handing someone the crown in a sealed envelope. Merit rules still run the vacancy. Grow a pool that can compete, instead of coronating one deputy.
Full Explanation
Public-sector succession must identify and develop talent in a way that can survive civil-service and merit processes. Pre-selecting a deputy as a coronation collides with those rules and concentrates continuity risk in one name. A talent pool plus development plan prepares multiple candidates without pretending the process is a formality. Canceling succession because merit exists, or waiting for an emergency appointment, leaves continuity to chance.