Terminated in academic year 2020/2021
Family Business
| Type of study | Bachelor |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | English |
| Code | 115-0051/01 |
| Abbreviation | FB |
| Course title | Family Business |
| Credits | 4 |
| Coordinating department | Department of Management |
| Course coordinator | doc. Ing. Marie Mikušová, Ph.D. |
Subject syllabus
1. Family business (FB) (characteristics, history, position and role in the economy).
2. Simultaneous family and business planning (key issues).
3. FB ownership (shareholder, owner, ownership attitude, roles and responsibilities.
4. Preparing good owners, owners by choice, insider-outsider dilemmas.
5. FB governance (roles, communication and family/board organization.)
6. Family institutions (family meetings).
7. Family education (development of family education, specific needs of the family).
8. FB policy development (purpose of family/business, shareholder agreements).
9. Compensation in FB (special issues in FB, family expectations).
10. Succession (preparing the family/business for a successful transition, roles of the leader and successors, implementing succession, tensions within the family).
11. Preparing successors and leavers.
12. Siblings and FB (challenges and opportunities, founder, siblings-spouse in the business, support of the business/family, foundation for subsequent generation of cousins).
13. Non-family leaders in FB (relationships, rewards and incentives).
14. Retirement (decision to retire, supporting cast, role after CEO, staying on).
2. Simultaneous family and business planning (key issues).
3. FB ownership (shareholder, owner, ownership attitude, roles and responsibilities.
4. Preparing good owners, owners by choice, insider-outsider dilemmas.
5. FB governance (roles, communication and family/board organization.)
6. Family institutions (family meetings).
7. Family education (development of family education, specific needs of the family).
8. FB policy development (purpose of family/business, shareholder agreements).
9. Compensation in FB (special issues in FB, family expectations).
10. Succession (preparing the family/business for a successful transition, roles of the leader and successors, implementing succession, tensions within the family).
11. Preparing successors and leavers.
12. Siblings and FB (challenges and opportunities, founder, siblings-spouse in the business, support of the business/family, foundation for subsequent generation of cousins).
13. Non-family leaders in FB (relationships, rewards and incentives).
14. Retirement (decision to retire, supporting cast, role after CEO, staying on).
E-learning
in the case of the actual situation
Literature
LIPMAN, Frederick D. Business exit strategies: family-owned and other business. Singapore: World Scientific, 2018. 144 s. ISBN 978-981-3233-21-8 .
MIKUŠOVÁ, Marie. Family business. SOET, vol. 30. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2018. 256 s. ISBN 978-80-248-4222-6.
ZELLWEGER, Thomas. Managing the family business: theory and practice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017. 527 s. ISBN 978-1-78347-069-3.
MIKUŠOVÁ, Marie. Family business. SOET, vol. 30. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2018. 256 s. ISBN 978-80-248-4222-6.
ZELLWEGER, Thomas. Managing the family business: theory and practice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017. 527 s. ISBN 978-1-78347-069-3.
Advised literature
BARON, Josh a Rob LACHENAUER. Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise (HBR Handbooks). Brighton, MA: Harvard Business Review, 2021. 320 s. ISBN 978-16-3369-904-5.
DE MASSIS, Alfredo a Nadine KAMMERLANDER, ed. Handbook of qualitative research methods for family business. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020. 439 s. ISBN 978-1-78811-644-2.
HUBLER, Tom. The soul of family business: a practical guide to family business success and a loving family. Eden Prairie: Lilja Press, 2018. 213 s. ISBN 978-1-73204-000-7.
DE MASSIS, Alfredo a Nadine KAMMERLANDER, ed. Handbook of qualitative research methods for family business. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020. 439 s. ISBN 978-1-78811-644-2.
HUBLER, Tom. The soul of family business: a practical guide to family business success and a loving family. Eden Prairie: Lilja Press, 2018. 213 s. ISBN 978-1-73204-000-7.