Diagnosis Model as a Support for Family Succession Planning

Abstract

The present study was aimed to develop a diagnosis model to evaluate the organization before the implementation of a family succession planning. The research was sent to the founder and current manager and successors of a Brazilian timber company, taking into account 07 (seven) major axes: training, decision-making, leadership positions, entry of family members into the company, planning, choice of successor, and family conflicts.The development of the family succession diagnosis model contributes to the literature of the area by presenting a data collection tool to assist managers in the evaluation of the companies, especially allowing them to identify weak points of the organization that need to be solved before the introduction of the succession planning.