Managing the Family Business
Kurs ID
EAI422
Art des Kurses
BSc Kurs
Wochenstunden
2,0
ECTS
3.0
Semester
HS 2020
Vortragssprache
Englisch
Vortragende/r
Prof. Dr. Peter May
Bitte beachten Sie, dass AustauschstudentInnen im BSc-Programm der WHU eine höhere Anzahl an Credits erwerben als hier aufgeführt. Für weitere Informationen wenden Sie sich bitte direkt an das [International Relations Office].
Kursinhalt
In particular, the course “Managing the Family Business” covers the following topics.
- Term definition, meaning and characteristics of family businesses
- Differences between family businesses and non-family businesses, especially in relation to goals, long-term orientation, structure, and resources
- Concepts and frameworks to work with family firms
- Strategic management of the business owning family and the family-owned business, in particular focus on topics related to: leadership, succession, and governance
- Transgenerational entrepreneurship: How can family firms remain entrepreneurial over time?
Contact person: Barbara Wallrafen b.wallrafen@petermay-fbc.com
Termine
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday, 07.09.2020 | 15:30 - 18:45 |
| Monday, 14.09.2020 | 15:30 - 18:45 |
| Monday, 21.09.2020 | 15:30 - 18:45 |
| Monday, 28.09.2020 | 15:30 - 18:45 |
| Monday, 05.10.2020 | 15:30 - 18:45 |
| Monday, 12.10.2020 | 15:30 - 18:45 |
Lernerfolge
- Understand the need to balance short- and long-term decisions and to balance individual and collective needs within a society and its economy
- Be sensitive to transgenerational outcomes of short-term decisions
- Having a basic understanding of the specific challenges for family businesses, understanding the characteristics of family firms
- Learn about frameworks of how to lead or consult a family firm
- Learn about concrete examples of family firms and their challenges
- Learn about working with case studies
- Being able to engage in group work
- Being able to present and defend findings
Literatur
The Owner Strategy in a Family Business Murmann Verlag, Hamburg 2017
Lernmethoden
Lectures, presentations, assignments/case studies, group work, and guest talks
Art der Prüfung
Final exam (100%)
Voraussetzungen
Courses semester 1-3
Umfang
88