Case 8: Small Family Business: Adams Funeral Home
Questions:
1. Should Charlie be chosen as the next president of Adams Funeral Homes? Why or
why not? Should this happen in the meeting schedule for the following Thursday?
Answer: A group of 25 funeral home directors were posed this question and they
responded that the evidence on Charlie is that he is ready to be a successful successor.
2. What process should be used to arrive at a plan and a final decision? Answer: What
should happen here next is that Richard and Rick agree to form a succession committee
(perhaps a succession committee of the board of directors or of their advisory board, if
3. What actions or steps should be included in that plan? Answer: Once a
recommendation is issued, ideally by t
work, this would be a plausible plan of action:
a) If indeed the committee and the board agree with the panel of funeral home directors
surveyed and approve of Charlie as successor, Charlie should be informed o