In this course, students will examine some of the most salient issues facing family businesses from a consulting perspective. Case studies and recent research will be used to help students learn how consultants and other advisors can address fundamental challenges facing family businesses in practice (e.g., strategic repositioning, process improvement, business valuation, governance and succession issues, and complex family dynamics). The course is case-based and highly interactive, providing students with an opportunity to both learn consulting skills and understand the unique dynamics associated with family businesses.
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LECTURE A01
(30718) |
15 |
2026-05-08 - 2026-05-16 (FS)
09:00 - 16:50
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This course equips students to address organizational effectiveness challenges, including governance design, change management, and organizational development. Students develop expertise in organizational assessment, diagnostic frameworks, governance structures, change implementation, and stakeholder alignment, with a specialized focus on entrepreneurial, privately held, and family enterprises where governance structures are emerging or evolving. The curriculum integrates organizational theory with practical consulting approaches for leadership transitions, succession planning, organizational design, and change readiness. Students apply consulting tools, including issue trees, stakeholder mapping, governance design frameworks, and change readiness assessments, to real organizational challenges. Through case studies and simulations, students learn to assess organizational effectiveness, design governance frameworks for scaling businesses, facilitate leadership transitions, manage change resistance and stakeholder dynamics, and build organizational capabilities for future transformation.
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LECTURE B01
(83029) |
40 |
2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09 (MW)
13:00 - 14:20
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