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Leading and Owning a Family Enterprise 7,5 Credits

This course will give you insight in common characteristics and challenges of leading and owning family enterprises and give you insight in analyze problems in leading and owning family enterprises by applying appropriate knowledge resources.

Course Contents

Family enterprises is the most common type of private companies in most countries in the world. A clear majority of small and medium-sized businesses are family enterprises as well as important large listed companies. Leading and Owning a Family Enterprise is an introduction to family businesses.

The course is structured in 5 modules. Each module is case based and offers a balanced combination of academic knowledge and a strong connection to practice. The topic covered in the modules are:
1. Introduction to family enterprises. This module introduces the main characteristics of family enterprises and depict how and why they are different to other type of enterprises.
2. Succession. This module presents succession issues and describe the most common choices and decisions that family business owners and managers face.?
3. Leadership. This module discusses the importance of leadership for how to deal with both the family ownership group and the enterprise development.
4. Emotions, relationships and conflicts. This module focuses on the importance of dealing with the emotional side of family business, how to deal with possible conflicts between key actors and how to face multi-generational issues.
5. Sustainability. This module reflects on the relationship between ethics and behaviors of family enterprises, and a diverse set of business outcomes, such as growth orientation, economic and non-economic goal structure, CSR and philanthropy.

Prerequisites

General entry requirements and 60 credits in Business Administration and/or Economics or the equivalent.

Level of Education: Undergraduate
Course code/Ladok code: JLFN10
The course is conducted at: Jönköping International Business School

Previous and ongoing course occasions

Type of course
Program
Study type
Campus
Semester
Spring 2020: Jan 13 - Mar 22
Rate of Study
50%
Language
English
Location
Jönköping
Time
Day
Examiner
Naveed Akhter
Course coordinator
Annika Hall
Tuition fees do NOT apply for EU/EEA citizens or exchange students
12500kr
Syllabus
HTML  PDF
Application code
HJ-J0075
Type of course
Single subject
Study type
Campus
Semester
Spring 2020: Jan 13 - Mar 22
Rate of Study
50%
Language
English
Location
Jönköping
Time
Day
Number of places
14
Examiner
Naveed Akhter
Course coordinator
Annika Hall
Tuition fees do NOT apply for EU/EEA citizens or exchange students
12500kr
Syllabus
HTML  PDF
Application code
HJ-24110
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