BUSI 3611
Managing the Family Enterprise
How family businesses are different, what makes them different and how to effectively manage these differences. Challenges arising from the tension between family and business pressures from governance, management and succession planning perspectives.
2026
Topics
- Discussed for the Team Family
- Why Great New Products Fail? (Simester) Participation #1
- Part II: Developing a Core Business Strategy
- Participation #5
Readings
- A relevant course pack of family enterprise and entrepreneurship articles and case studies related to each lecture theme from Harvard Business Review, M.I.T. Sloan and other education peer-review centres.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): third year standing, and BUSI 2018 (or BUSI 2008 or BUSI 1005), and one of BUSI 2101, BUSI 2121, BUSI 2702. Lecture three hours a week.