Succession planning and business sustainability of family-owned companies in Uganda. A case study of Jesa farm diary limited.

Kayinja, Rogers

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dc.contributor.author	Kayinja, Rogers
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-25T10:08:55Z
dc.date.available	2025-03-25T10:08:55Z
dc.date.issued	2024-10
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1302
dc.description	A Dissertation Submitted to the School of Business Administration in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of a Degree of Master of Business Administration of Nkumba University	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The study assessed the influence of succession planning on business sustainability in family owned businesses in Uganda basing on a case study of Jesa Farm Diary Limited. It was guided by three objectives i) To examine how succession timeline influences business sustainability in Jesa Farm Diary Limited, ii) to examine how succession timeline influences business sustainability in Jesa Farm Diary Limited, iii) to examine how family agreement plan influences business sustainability in Jesa Farm Diary Limited. The study adopted a descriptive research design; the data was categorised under both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study population was 150 and a sample size of 109 respondents of which only 102 participated presenting a response rate of 93.5%. After processing, the cleaned data was analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of the SPSS software version 25. Results revealed that the most effective contributor to business sustainability is succession timeline (R Square of 0.553), followed by identification of successor (R Square of 0.340) and the least contributor is family agreement plan (Adjusted R Square of 0.183). The test also revealed that Jesa Farm Diary Limited succession planning has a statistically significant positive relationship with business sustainability since all p values were below the alpha of 0.05 and as such the null hypothesis was rejected. In conclusion the study notes that while Jesa Farm Dairy Limited has a clear vision and mission, areas such as leadership training, succession planning, competitive benefits, and knowledge transfer show significant gaps. The study also notes that while there are some efforts in place for identifying and grooming successors at Jesa Farm Dairy Limited, there are significant gaps in areas such as mentorship, talent assessments. The study recommends that Jesa Farm Diary Limited should develop and implement a comprehensive leadership development program that includes structured training, mentorship, and clear succession planning. It was also suggested that the company should create and formalize a system for internal promotions that clearly identifies and develops potential successors	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Nkumba University	en_US
dc.subject	Succession planning	en_US
dc.subject	Business sustainability	en_US
dc.subject	Family-owned companies	en_US
dc.subject	Jesa farm diary limited	en_US
dc.title	Succession planning and business sustainability of family-owned companies in Uganda. A case study of Jesa farm diary limited.	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US