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SEM 627

Strategic Consulting for Family Businesses

3 units

Spring 2026 · Management Consulting: Organizational Change and Governance

Readings

  • The Craft of Consulting by Vern L. Glaser (2026). A comprehensive textbook written for this course, organized in four chapters:
    required
  • Baron, J. & Lachenauer, R. (2021). “Build a Family Business That Lasts.” Harvard Business Review. Five core ownership rights that shape family business longevity
    recommended
  • Gersick, K., Davis, J., Hampton, M., & Lansberg, I. (1997). “Consulting with Family Businesses.” Ch. 9 in Generation to Generation. The Three-Circle Model applied to family business consulting
    recommended
  • DeCiantis, D. & Lansberg, I. (2024). The Enduring Enterprise. How frontier-market family businesses build resilience through seven stabilizing strategies
    recommended
  • Schön, D. (1983). The Reflective Practitioner (selected chapters). The foundational work on problem-setting and reflective practice in professional work
    recommended
Fall 2023 · Management Consulting: Organizational Change and Governance

Topics

  • Understanding Advising; Course Introduction Advising Fundamentals 2:
  • ABFI Dinner Advising Tools 2: Consulting
  • Group Meetings Lecture; Case
  • Phase 2 Proposals Due
  • Governance & Professionalization
  • Guiding Family Dynamics Advising Topics 4: Innovation &
  • age?” (access here) Case: Century Bank: Closing Time? 223040
  • Phase 2 Presentations
  • Course Ends

Readings

  • Ivey Publishing:
    required
Sources