| The Carter Center's (TCC) Peace Programs were an outgrowth of President Carter's dedication to conflict resolution and human rights, and have been a cornerstone of the Center's activities since its inception in 1982. TCC has been asked to intervene in a broad range of conflicts and electoral processes, but much of the acclaim it has garnered has been focused on Carter himself. With Carter's advancing age, the organization is increasingly facing the challenge of planning for leadership succession. This study will examine the impact of Carter's operational code, his charisma and its routinization, and TCC's organizational learning processes in order to assess the degree to which TCC has prepared itself to successfully make the transition into Carter's retirement. The Center's interventions in Haiti and Liberia will be analyzed in terms of the insights they offer into the organization's methods, particularly as they stand to impact succession planning. It is anticipated that the findings will aid actors and researchers in the evaluation of conflict resolution practice. Additionally, the study will offer tools with which the leaders of action-oriented legacy institutions can assess the effects of factors that impact leadership succession planning. |
