Family Business as Paradox [electronic resource] /
Schuman, A.author.
Stutz, S.author.
Ward, J.author.
Rather than having to choose between the family and the business, the authors argue that if family-owned businesses can consciously manage and over time, perhaps, synthesize these contradictions, the Family Enterprise will have a long-term strategic and competitive advantage and the family will remain committed to continuity.
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Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Introduction - Appreciating Both; PARADOX CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY; PROBLEMS ARE NOT ALL THE SAME; PROSPERING IN THE FACE OF AMBIGUITY; CAPTURE THE INHERENT TENSION; WHAT LIES AHEAD; Part I: Acknowledging Both; WHERE IS YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS' CURRENT FOCUS- FAMILY OR BUSINESS?; 1 Which to Choose: Family or Business?; 2 Tradition and Change in Family Firms; Part II: Identifying Both; 3 Predictable Paradoxes Across the Generations; 4 Predictable Conflicts in the Intersections; Part III: Managing Both
5 A Continuum for Addressing Paradoxes6 One Key tool: the Polarity MapTM; Part IV: Achieving Both; 7 Experience the Power of Paradox; Appendices; APPENDIX A: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON PARADOX; APPENDIX B: PARADOXES IN BUSINESS LITERATURE; APPENDIX C: FAMILY FIRST- BUSINESS FIRST ASSESSMENT; APPENDIX D: MORE ON POLARITY MAPSTM; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rather than having to choose between the family and the business, the authors argue that if family-owned businesses can consciously manage and over time, perhaps, synthesize these contradictions, the Family Enterprise will have a long-term strategic and competitive advantage and the family will remain committed to continuity.
Leadership.
Small business.
Management.
Family-owned business enterprises.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Small Business.
Management.
Family Business.