Leadership in the Family Business
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Leadership in the Family Business
This course is part of Leading a Family Business Specialization
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What you'll learn
Apply strategies, tools and models to lead and orchestrate the family business
Identify and apply main characteristics that will allow you to be a good business leader
Generate entrepreneurial talent within the organization using business leadership
Skills you'll gain
- Organizational Structure
- Leadership
- Succession Planning
- Strategic Leadership
- Leadership and Management
- Talent Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Governance
- Organizational Leadership
- Leadership Development
- Business Systems
- Business Continuity
- People Development
- Strategic Thinking
- Professional Networking
- Business Leadership
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There are 5 modules in this course
To ensure that the family business transcends and the company is sustained over time, in this course of entrepreneurship and business administration, you will have the opportunity to understand the complexity of family and business dynamics, reflect on the roles and ways of thinking of the family's leader and make a diagnosis of entrepreneurship.
All this in order for you to know the instruments and components that involve leading and orchestrating the family business: the future vision of the business family, the development of the next generations and the formation of an effective and flexible family and business government. All the knowledge acquired in this course of business administration can be applied in the family business. The Center for Entrepreneurial Families and EGADE Business School of Tecnologico de Monterrey is the ideal institution to develop these skills, since Tec de Monterrey is #1 university in Mexico and the 6th best in Latin America according to Times Higher Education (THE) 2016. Professors from the Entrepreneurial Families Center are highly qualified and recognized as part of the worldwide STEP project for family entrepreneurship, moreover, EGADE Business School is number 1 school in Latin America, in its MBA, according to the ranking of America Economia.
What's included
3 videos16 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt
3 videos•Total 12 minutes
- Welcome•1 minute
- Myths and realities of the family business•6 minutes
- Video Challenges and perspectives of the family business•5 minutes
16 readings•Total 260 minutes
- General objective and list of topics•10 minutes
- References•10 minutes
- Schedule•10 minutes
- Frequent questions•10 minutes
- Evaluation•10 minutes
- Methodology•10 minutes
- Policies•10 minutes
- Introduction•10 minutes
- Myths and realities of the family business•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- To know more•10 minutes
- PDF. Challenges and perspectives of the family business•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- Contextualized situation•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 1. Fundamentals of the Family Business•10 minutes
- Invitation to continue with the next topic•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 120 minutes
- Contextualized situation•30 minutes
- Topic Evaluation 1•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Networking topic 1•10 minutes
What's included
2 videos10 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt
2 videos•Total 13 minutes
- The business-family-ownership system•7 minutes
- Ways of thinking of the family business leader-owner•6 minutes
10 readings•Total 200 minutes
- Introduction•10 minutes
- The business-family-ownership system•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- To know more•10 minutes
- PDF. Identification of Roles in the Family Business•10 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- Contextualized situation•30 minutes
- Project•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 2. Identification of roles in the family business•10 minutes
- Invitation to continue with the next topic•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 120 minutes
- Contextualized situation•30 minutes
- Topic Evaluation 2•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Networking topic 2•10 minutes
What's included
2 videos8 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt
2 videos•Total 12 minutes
- The structural risk model•6 minutes
- Evolution of family business models•6 minutes
8 readings•Total 160 minutes
- Introduction•10 minutes
- Structural risk model•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- To know more•10 minutes
- Flipbook•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 3. Forward Vision in Entrepreneurial Families•10 minutes
- Invitation to continue with the next topic•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
- Topic Evaluation 3•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Networking topic 3•10 minutes
What's included
2 videos9 readings3 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
2 videos•Total 12 minutes
- Commitment and successor competency inventory•6 minutes
- Next Generation Talent Development•6 minutes
9 readings•Total 190 minutes
- Introduction•10 minutes
- Commitment and critical success factors in succession•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- To know more•10 minutes
- Flipbook•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- Individual practice with peer evaluation•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 4. Next Generation Development (NxtGen)•10 minutes
- Invitation to continue with the next topic•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
- Topic Evaluation 4•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
- Delivery of the final project evaluated by pairs•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Networking topic 4•10 minutes
What's included
4 videos9 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin
4 videos•Total 31 minutes
- Family business leadership•4 minutes
- Governance dynamics•5 minutes
- Interview with Susanne Grimm•8 minutes
- Interview with Carlos Núñez•14 minutes
9 readings•Total 170 minutes
- Introduction•10 minutes
- Explanation•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- To know more•10 minutes
- PDF. Family business governance dynamics•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 5. Leadership Model (Orchestration) for Family-Company Dynamics•10 minutes
- Final Exam•10 minutes
- Closure•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 180 minutes
- Topic Evaluation 5•30 minutes
- Final exam•90 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Networking topic 5•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 15 minutes
- Final Survey•15 minutes
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