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Leadership in the Family Business

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Advanced level
Designed for those already in the industry
3 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Advanced level
Designed for those already in the industry
3 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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

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Assessments

18 assignments¹

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Taught in English

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This course is part of the Leading a Family Business Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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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 videosTotal 12 minutes
  • Welcome1 minute
  • Myths and realities of the family business6 minutes
  • Video Challenges and perspectives of the family business5 minutes
16 readingsTotal 260 minutes
  • General objective and list of topics10 minutes
  • References10 minutes
  • Schedule10 minutes
  • Frequent questions10 minutes
  • Evaluation10 minutes
  • Methodology10 minutes
  • Policies10 minutes
  • Introduction10 minutes
  • Myths and realities of the family business30 minutes
  • Infographic30 minutes
  • To know more10 minutes
  • PDF. Challenges and perspectives of the family business30 minutes
  • Infographic30 minutes
  • Contextualized situation30 minutes
  • Evaluation of Topic 1. Fundamentals of the Family Business10 minutes
  • Invitation to continue with the next topic10 minutes
4 assignmentsTotal 120 minutes
  • Contextualized situation30 minutes
  • Topic Evaluation 130 minutes
  • Self-evaluation30 minutes
  • Self-evaluation30 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes
  • Networking topic 110 minutes

What's included

2 videos10 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt

2 videosTotal 13 minutes
  • The business-family-ownership system7 minutes
  • Ways of thinking of the family business leader-owner6 minutes
10 readingsTotal 200 minutes
  • Introduction10 minutes
  • The business-family-ownership system30 minutes
  • Infographic30 minutes
  • To know more10 minutes
  • PDF. Identification of Roles in the Family Business10 minutes
  • Infographic30 minutes
  • Contextualized situation30 minutes
  • Project30 minutes
  • Evaluation of Topic 2. Identification of roles in the family business10 minutes
  • Invitation to continue with the next topic10 minutes
4 assignmentsTotal 120 minutes
  • Contextualized situation30 minutes
  • Topic Evaluation 230 minutes
  • Self-evaluation30 minutes
  • Self-evaluation30 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes
  • Networking topic 210 minutes

What's included

2 videos8 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt

2 videosTotal 12 minutes
  • The structural risk model6 minutes
  • Evolution of family business models6 minutes
8 readingsTotal 160 minutes
  • Introduction10 minutes
  • Structural risk model30 minutes
  • Infographic30 minutes
  • To know more10 minutes
  • Flipbook30 minutes
  • Infographic30 minutes
  • Evaluation of Topic 3. Forward Vision in Entrepreneurial Families10 minutes
  • Invitation to continue with the next topic10 minutes
3 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes
  • Topic Evaluation 330 minutes
  • Self-evaluation30 minutes
  • Self-evaluation30 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes
  • Networking topic 310 minutes

What's included

2 videos9 readings3 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

2 videosTotal 12 minutes
  • Commitment and successor competency inventory6 minutes
  • Next Generation Talent Development6 minutes
9 readingsTotal 190 minutes
  • Introduction10 minutes
  • Commitment and critical success factors in succession30 minutes
  • Infographic30 minutes
  • To know more10 minutes
  • Flipbook30 minutes
  • Infographic30 minutes
  • Individual practice with peer evaluation30 minutes
  • Evaluation of Topic 4. Next Generation Development (NxtGen)10 minutes
  • Invitation to continue with the next topic10 minutes
3 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes
  • Topic Evaluation 430 minutes
  • Self-evaluation30 minutes
  • Self-evaluation30 minutes
1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes
  • Delivery of the final project evaluated by pairs60 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes
  • Networking topic 410 minutes

What's included

4 videos9 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin

4 videosTotal 31 minutes
  • Family business leadership4 minutes
  • Governance dynamics5 minutes
  • Interview with Susanne Grimm8 minutes
  • Interview with Carlos Núñez14 minutes
9 readingsTotal 170 minutes
  • Introduction10 minutes
  • Explanation30 minutes
  • Infographic30 minutes
  • To know more10 minutes
  • PDF. Family business governance dynamics30 minutes
  • Infographic30 minutes
  • Evaluation of Topic 5. Leadership Model (Orchestration) for Family-Company Dynamics10 minutes
  • Final Exam10 minutes
  • Closure10 minutes
4 assignmentsTotal 180 minutes
  • Topic Evaluation 530 minutes
  • Final exam90 minutes
  • Self-evaluation30 minutes
  • Self-evaluation30 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes
  • Networking topic 510 minutes
1 pluginTotal 15 minutes
  • Final Survey15 minutes

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