Management Succession and Entrepreneurship Business Sustenance
- Authors: Kowo S.A.1, Akinrinola O.O.2, Akinbola O.A.3
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Affiliations:
- Kwara State University
- Caleb University
- Federal University of Agriculture
- Issue: Vol 8, No 3 (2021)
- Pages: 256-276
- Section: Public administration: theory and practice
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2312-8313/article/view/317633
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-8313-2021-8-3-256-276
- ID: 317633
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Succession planning has drawn substantial interest among researchers. Research reports designate deficiency of quality planning in the management of SMEs especially in developing countries like Nigeria and this constitutes a foremost limitation to the effective management of SMEs. Succession planning are fundamental to steady performance, sustainability and competitive advantage of SMEs. The objective of the study was to investigate the effects of HR planning/forecasting on family business continuity and also to examine the effect of worker’s education on survival of entrepreneur. 110 copies of questionnaire were administered to the employees in the five selected SMEs in Abeokuta Ogun state, Nigeria to get primary data that treated and tested appropriate research questions and hypotheses accordingly. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation efficient and regression analysis was employed. The Yamane formula was used to determine the sample size. The test re-test reliability approach was adopted for the convenience of the researcher. Reliability was ensued by Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.932. The data was analyzed using manual and electronic based methods through the data preparation grid and statistical package for the social sciences, (SPSS). The study found out that HR succession planning significantly assists SMEs to increase business continuity and Workers education significantly assists SMEs to increase business survival. The study recommends that organizational succession planning should be at regular interval as this will enable workers to know its importance and also business successors should be appointed based on merit so that the right and experience successors can manage the business.
About the authors
Solomon A. Kowo
Kwara State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: kowosolomon@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0504-2248
PhD, Lecturer of the Department of Business and Entrepreneurship
PMB - 1530, Ilorin, Kwara State, NigeriaOlalekan O. Akinrinola
Caleb University
Email: oakinrinola@yahoo.com
PhD, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Accounting and Finance
PMB - 1, Imota, Lagos State, NigeriaOlufemi A. Akinbola
Federal University of Agriculture
Email: femiakinbola@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7916-4136
PhD, Lecturer of the Department of Business Administration
PMB - 2240, Alabata road, Abeokuta, Ogun State, NigeriaReferences
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