Contact the HR manager at a firm in your area and find out whether the .firn1 uses any of the fol.lowing:

(a) skills/management inventories,

(b) replacement charts or sun1n1aries, and

(c) a success.ion plan. Prepare a brief summary of the information gathered. Once you have completed these tasks, for1n a group with several of your classmates. Share your find ings with the group members. Were there sin1ilarities across firn1s? Did con1pany size seen1 to n1ake a difference in terms of strategies used for forecasting the supply of internal candidates?

Can you identify any other factors that seem to play a role in the choice of forecasting techniques used?