HR planning
The system provides the succession-planning function with data on up-and-coming candidates for key leadership positions.How do qualified successors compare in terms of their readiness?
Are managerial skills and talents enterprisewide adequate to the needs of new business strategies in a given business unit or for a specific position?
In addition to holding vast amounts of information on AT&T's leadership needs, key positions, individuals and development activities, the customized system, called Succession Plus and acquired from Nardoni Associates, is linked systematically with other AT&T staffing and management development systems that have been redesigned in a similar way to meet new organizational goals. It's also linked with them conceptually, which means it uses identical definitions of the position requirements, developmental activities, technical skills, management skills and other data.