The impact of succession planning strategy for security leaders in achieving professional professionalism: Exploratory research at Defense University for military studies

Abstract

The current research aim at testing the impact of the succession planning strategy of security leaders as their managers as an independent variable across its seven dimensions, which are (identifying vacant leadership positions, searching for leadership competencies, identifying competencies to fill positions, developing and training potential leaders, testing distinguished leaders, retaining distinguished leaders, and evaluating the work of leadership succession planning.) in achieving professional professional Professionalism as a responsive variable whose dimensions are (bearing responsibility, ability to cooperate, obeying orders). The research seeks to prove the existence of two correlations and influences between the above changes and their dimensions in the field under study, as the descriptive analytical approach was adopted, and on the basis of that, the questionnaire was used as the main research tool in order to measure the level of application of the research variables. The study sample was intentional with (217) respondents, and to address Research problem: A set of statistical methods were adopted using (EXCEL and (SPSS.V.26). It was found that there are two significant correlations and influences between the tracking planning strategy for security leaders in its dimensions and professional professional Professionalism in its dimensions among a sample of officers from the Defense University for Military Studies.