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Managing the Family Business

Kurs ID
EAI422
Art des Kurses
BSc Kurs
Wochenstunden
2,0
ECTS
3.0
Semester
FS 2019
Vortragssprache
Englisch
Vortragende/r
Prof. Dr. Nadine Kammerlander
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].
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; topics related to succession and governance (among others)
Date Time
Tuesday, 22.01.2019 11:30 - 15:15
Wednesday, 06.02.2019 08:00 - 11:15
Tuesday, 12.02.2019 11:30 - 15:15
Tuesday, 19.02.2019 11:30 - 15:15
Wednesday, 20.02.2019 11:30 - 18:00
Friday, 22.02.2019 11:30 - 15:15
Friday, 22.03.2019 08:00 - 14:00
  • 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
Case studies and articles announced in class
Lectures, presentations, assignments/case studies, group work, and guest talks
Final exam (40%)

Group work (40%)

Online article quizzes (20%)

Courses semester 1-3
90
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