The Higher Education Institution just like UiTM Cawangan Negeri Sembilan awares that human capital is one of their greatest treasured resources would have an impressive competitive mechanism. Organizations may choose to focus on the financial capital, information technology, equipment and excellent processes but in the end their personnel and individual staff are the most important asset for their survival. The aim of the research is to investigate the relationship between talent management components (grooming of future leader, career development, skills development and utilization and talent development) toward succession planning in UiTM Cawangan Negeri Sembilan. Furthermore, this research also provides the information regarding the level of succession planning among staff of UiTM Cawangan Negeri Sembilan. Besides, it also identifies the significant influence of the four independent variables towards succession planning. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken in the study to provide data on patterns of talent management and succession planning. Quantitative approach was implemented to gather information and to understand the characteristic across groups or relationships. The findings of this research revealed that, the level of succession planning among UiTM Cawangan Negeri Sembilan staffs is at moderate level and the talent management components has a positive and significant correlation to succession planning. The talent development has been identified to have the most vital effect on succession planning of UiTM Cawangan Negeri Sembilan compared to the others. A few recommendations have also been outlined for the effective succession planning process.
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