Identifying Exclusion and Inclusion Criteria in the Analysis of Discourse on Substitution by the Managers of a Governmental Organization

Substitution is strategic for futurologist organizations to deal with occasions such as retirement, resignation, replacement, etc. and to prevent unfitting entrance of people to key positions. This organizational issue contains discourses derived from the deeds of the agents which influence them in return. These discourses contain concepts and criteria with semantic affirmation or contradiction the identification of which helps to understand the existence or absence of succession and the context and situation of its realization. The purpose of this research is to identify the exclusion and inclusion criteria of this organizational phenomenon in a governmental complex for pathology. The findings of interviews with 15 managers of the organization which were analyzed through discourse analysis, demonstrated 9 exclusion and exclusion criteria. Developmentalism, competency orientation, organizational excellence, justice orientation, open and transparent interactions, strategic and systematic attitude, support by managers, constructive culture and discipline orientation were identified as inclusive criteria. Avoidance of developmentalism, non-competency orientation, organizational decline, avoidance of justice, limited and ambiguous interactions, intermittent and unsystematic approaches, managers' resistance or apathy, preventive culture, and relation orientation were identified as the exclusion criteria for substitution.