Keeping the Family Business Healthy

How to Plan for Continuing Growth, Profitability, and Family Leadership
2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-11121-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 629 g

Reihe: A Family Business Publication

Good planning is more than just thinking ahead; businesses need a strategic approach to ensuring their success. Keeping the Family Business Healthy provides readers with a guide to strategic thinking, including how to maintain growth, how to shape business direction, preparing for new leadership, and working with a large and diverse family base.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ward, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; L.A.Danco

Preface
The Author
The Challenge of Keeping a Family Firm Alive
Overcoming Barriers to Long-Term Business Health
Ensuring Family Interests in Leading the Business
Assessing the Firm's Financial and Market Situation
Developing a Strategic Plan for the Business
Planning the Family's Role in the Company's Future
Shaping a Business Strategy that Includes the Family
The Transition to New Leadership: Promoting a Revitalized Business Vision and Strategy

Epilogue: Making the Commitment to Plan for Future Generations
Appendix A: Family Business Values Questionnaire
Appendix B: Sample Financial Analysis of Business
Appendix C: Strategic Planning Worksheets
Appendix D: Sample Business Strategic Plan
Appendix E: Sample Family Strategic Plan
Appendix F: Democratic Capitalism
Appendix G: Note on Research on Family Business
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

JOHN L. WARD Co-founder of the Family Business Consulting Group Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, USA, and teaches strategic management, business leadership and family enterprise continuity.