Family Business

By Professor K Kumar, Professor Dalhia Mani | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Learners enrolled: 3037

Family Businesses are a dominant form of business across the globe and play a crucial role in the economic growth of a nation. However, managing a family business comes with its own unique set of challenges owing to the overlap of family emotions and business aspirations. While the strong hold of family members over the business may dampen the spirit of other members in management, the complex structure of the business evokes a negative public perception in general.

Hence, managing family businesses requires a careful, considerate, tactful approach to maintain peaceful harmony among all the stakeholders. This course brings together the insights from experienced family business practitioners, professional managers, and researchers to address the challenges of family businesses in a pragmatic manner.

This course is open to family business owners, soon-to-be owners (successors of a business), professional managers, and any inquisitive learner interested in family businesses.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	6 weeks
Category :	Management Studies
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	31 Jul 2023
End Date :	31 Oct 2023
Enrollment Ends :	09 Sep 2023
Exam Date :	01 Dec 2023 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Module 0 : Welcome to the course

Module 1 : Understanding Family Firms

Module 2 : Strategic Management of Family Firms

Module 3 : Governance in Family Firms

Module 4 : Succession Planning in Family Firms

Module 5 : Conflict Management and Resolution

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Books and references

Managing the Family Business: Theory and Practice by Thomas Zellweger

Instructor bio

Professor K Kumar

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Professor of Entrepreneurship - IIM Bangaore
Prof. K Kumar is a faculty at IIM Bangalore. Before starting his teaching career at IIM Bangalore in 2001, he gained first-hand experience of being an entrepreneur by founding three companies. He has also held positions of CEO, President, and Management Consultant in various reputed organizations. Prof Kumar is an alum of IIM Bangalore, 1981 Batch.

Professor Dalhia Mani

Professor of Entrepreneurship - IIM Bangaore
Prof. Dalhia Mani teaches Entrepreneurship at IIM Bangalore. Dalhia’s research focuses on the networks of ownership ties between firms. She studies the extent to which patterns of ownership ties between firms lead to positive outcomes such as increased firm performance and innovation, and negative outcomes such as tax sheltering and tunnelling. At a more micro-level, she studies how individuals interact, and utilize their networks in complex and uncertain situations. She did her PhD from the University of Minnesota in 2010, and then served as an Assistant Professor in HEC Paris, France until 2016. 

Course certificate

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Grading Policy:

Assessment Type	Weightage
Mid-Term & End-Term	25%
Final Exam	75%

Certificate Eligibility:

40% marks and above in Mid Term & End Term
40% marks and above in the final proctored exam

Score	Type of Certificate
>=90	Gold
75 - 89	Silver
70 - 74	Bronze
40 - 70	Successfully Completed
<40	No Certificate

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