Examining the role of management succession planning (MSP) in talent identification and empowerment of human capital in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Quality and knowledge-based human resources are the most important competitive advantage and the scarcest source in today s knowledge-based economy. Hence, the development of the capabilities, expertise, and commitment of well-trained employees is considered the most important management challenge in our time. The present study was conducted to investigate the role of Management Succession Planning (MSP) in human resources talent identification and empowerment of human capitals in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: The present study is descriptive-analytic. The population studied was all the staff of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. Demographic information Mishra and Spritzer s empowerment, and Oehley s talent management questionnaires were used for MSP data. Finally, the data were analyzed using t-test, and regression analysis. Results: The results show a positive and significant correlation between MSP and talent identification of the University of Medical Sciences. There is also a significant and positive correlation between MSP and human capital empowerment of the University of Medical Sciences (0.43). Based on these results, with each unit of change in the variance of talent identification, 0.18 change occurs in the variance of MSP score; and with each unit change in empowerment variance, 0.27 change occurs in the variance of MSP score. Conclusion: It seems that systematic MSP is one of the requirements of the management system of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. Potential managers need to work along current experienced managers to take steps in empowering human capitals of the university by establishing a decent performance assessment system.