Strategic Deputization and Product Innovation in Paint Manufacturing Firms in Port Harcourt

Abstract

Strategic deputization is refers to the process that can provide seamless leadership transition across the organization. It is a well organize process which comprises of the “identification and preparation” of would be successors to take over new roles (Garman & Glawe, 2018).In defining strategic deputization Hackett (2017) stated that it means “identifying the key jobs in one organization and ensuring that if anything, planned or unplanned were to remove the present job holder from his post, there would be someone ready to take the lost position and match it without much loss on the organization”. Wendy (2015) sees strategic deputization as that strategic approach where by potential leaders are identified for important positions, and career moves, and development activities are activated for these would be leaders. Filley (2019) regards deputization as a coordination of plans, controls, organizing and directing of an organization’s staffing function to ensure uninterrupted continuity in objectives during change of personnel.