Workforce and Succession Planning in Government

[Government Reports and Plans] [Journal Articles] [Books]

Prepared by Vera Nicholas, California State Library, with the assistance of workshop presenters and SPB staff

Government Reports and Plans

State Planning Guides

• Georgia Merit System Workforce Planning 
• New York Workforce and Succession Planning. 
• Texas Workforce Planning Guide. 
• State of Washington Workforce Planning Guide: Right People, Right Jobs, Right Times.
• Workforce Planning for Wisconsin State Government 

Other Local, State, and Federal Resources

• Building the Leadership Pipeline in Local, State, and Federal Government. 
  By Dr. Mary B. Young, Independent Research on Organizations and the Workplace. CPS Human Resource Services. 2005.
• Creating a Workforce Plan for California State Employees (SO43.) 
  California Performance Review (CPR) 2004.
• The Difference Between Workforce Planning and Succession Planning. 
  Department of Civil Service, Governor’s Office of Employee Relations, Workforce and Succession Planning – Agency Initiatives. State of New York.
• Addressing Tomorrow’s Issues Today. 
  Federal Government’s Office of Personnel Management: Workforce Planning. November 2005.
• Serving the Public: Managing the State Workforce to Improve Outcomes. Report #181. 
  State of California’s Little Hoover Commission. June 2005.
• Succession Planning in the Government Sector. 
  Corporate Leadership Council. January 2004.

Journal Articles

California state employees from the state agencies that have access to the newspaper, journal and statistical databases made available free of charge from the California State Library should be able to retrieve the full-text of all articles. If you are having trouble with the links, or if you would like to find out how your agency can have access to the databases, or you need a library card, please contact us at the State Information and Reference Center [916-654-0206; cslsirc@library.ca.gov; 914 Capitol Mall, Room 301, Sacramento, CA.].

All other interested individuals should contact their local libraries - the items may be available there, or may be borrowed by your local library on your behalf.

• Agencies Facing Loss of Leaders: Retiring Government Managers’ Successors Aren’t in Pipeline, a New Study Warns. 
  IN: Sacramento Bee (October 17, 2005)
• Assessing the Training Needs of High-Potential Managers. 
  By W. David Patton and Connie Pratt. IN: Public Personnel Management, vol. 31, no. 4 (Winter 2002) pp. 465-484.
• Beware and Prepare: The Government Workforce of the Future. 
  By Marnie E. Green. IN: Public Personnel Management, vol. 29, no. 4 (Winter 2000) pp. 435-443.
• The Implementation of Workforce and Succession Planning in the Public Sector. 
  By Joan E. Pynes. IN: Public Personnel Management, vol. 33, no. 4 (Winter 2004) pp. 389-404.
• Introducing Technical (Not Managerial) Succession Planning. 
  By William Rothwell and Stan Poduch. IN: Public Personnel Management, vol. 33, no. 4 (Winter 2004) pp. 405-419.
• Linking Employee Assessments to Succession Planning. 
  By Soonhee Kim. IN: Public Personnel Management, vol. 32, no. 4 (Winter 2003) pp. 533-547.
• Policy & Practice of Public Human Services, vol. 63, no. 3 (September 2005) Includes these articles:
  • Succession Planning: Attitude, Action, and a Nurturing Environment. 
    By LaDonna Larson;
  • Knowledge Management: Key to Georgia’s Succession Planning Efforts. 
    By Rosa Waymon;
  • Succession Planning: There are No Magic Bullets. 
    By Sue Christie.
• Succession Planning: An Idea Whose Time Has Come. 
  By Patrick Ibarra. IN: Public Management, vol. 87, no. 1 (January/February 2005) pp. 18-24.
• Today is the Tomorrow You Worried About Yesterday: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing Workforce. 
  By Nancy B. Kiyonaga. IN: Public Personnel Management, vol. 33, no. 4 (Winter 2004) pp. 357-361.

Books

All California state employees may borrow these books from the California State Library by using these links and the "Request This Title" feature. If you are having trouble with the links, or if you would like to borrow any of the books, or you need a library card, please contact us at the State Information and Reference Center [916-654-0206; cslsirc@library.ca.gov; 914 Capitol Mall, Room 301, Sacramento, CA].

All other interested individuals should contact their local libraries - the items may be available there, or may be borrowed by your local library on your behalf.

• Addressing the Human Capital Crisis in the Federal Government. 
  Dr. Jay Liebowitz. 2004.
• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Knowledge Management. 
  Melissie Clemmons Rumizen. 2001.
• Effective Succession Planning: Ensuring Leadership Continuity and Building Talent From Within. 
  William J. Rothwell. 3rd ed. 2005.
• ESOP Workbook: the Ultimate Instrument in Succession Planning. 
  Robert A. Frisch 2002.
• An Executive Perspective on Workforce Planning. 
  Robert M. Emmerichs. 2004.
• Lost Knowledge: Confronting the Threat of an Aging Workforce. 
  David W. DeLong. 2004.
• An Operational Process for Workforce Planning. 
  Robert M. Emmerichs. 2004.
• Succession Planning: Take Two. 
  Sandra Hastings. 2004.

These Workforce and Succession Planning in Government resources have been compiled to provide a useful starting point for California state officials and staff concerned with state workforce development. Suggestions and comments are welcome. Please submit those to us at the State Information and Reference Center [916-654-0206; cslsirc@library.ca.gov; 914 Capitol Mall, Room 301, Sacramento, CA].