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Roles, responsibility & decision rights · Core

Key-person dependency

Also called: key-person risk

ELI5

Risk created when critical knowledge or authority is concentrated in one person.

Used in conversation

“Who is accountable for key-person dependency, and who is affected by it?”

Pitch context

You will see “Key-person dependency” in organisation plans, workforce reviews, change programmes and people reports when the discussion reaches roles, responsibility & decision rights.

Why it matters: In roles, responsibility & decision rights, the definition can change who is affected, accountable, protected or entitled to act.

Caution

Employment law and workplace practice vary by jurisdiction and agreement.

Sources & evidence · 2

Direct term-level sources and supporting source families.