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| Course Goals |
This course aims to provide the students knowledge about the basic concepts of management in family businesses. |
| Prerequisite(s) |
Special interest in family businesses is good enough to take this course |
| Corequisite(s) |
Special interest in family businesses is good enough to take this course |
| Special Requisite(s) |
At least an intermediate level of English
participation and/or attendance will be considered |
| Instructor(s) |
Lecturer Dr. Didem Kayalıdereden, Pınar Sarp |
| Course Assistant(s) |
Ar.Gör. Tuğçe Kumral |
| Schedule |
Tuesday,14.00-16.00, Remote Class |
| Office Hour(s) |
Pls. send me an email - d.kayalidereden@iku.edu.tr |
| Teaching Methods and Techniques |
-PowerPoint Slides |
| Principle Sources |
-The Family Business, Mass Market Paperback, 2013, by Carl Weber. |
| Other Sources |
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| Course Schedules |
| Week |
Contents |
Learning Methods |
| 1. Week |
Family Business. What makes it different? |
presentation and discussions |
| 2. Week |
Family Business Governance |
presentation and discussions |
| 3. Week |
Generational Difference in involvement of family members management of family business in Turkey |
presentation and discussions |
| 4. Week |
Promoting strategic growth |
presentation and discussions |
| 5. Week |
Family Constitution and Sustainability |
presentation and discussions |
| 6. Week |
Institutionalization and professional management |
presentation and discussions |
| 7. Week |
Midterm |
Midterm |
| 8. Week |
Case study - An International report analysis |
forum with students |
| 9. Week |
Critical role of non-family managers |
presentation and discussions |
| 10. Week |
Guest Speaker |
presentation and discussions |
| 11. Week |
Family Culture |
presentation and discussions |
| 12. Week |
Challenges of Turkish Family Businesses |
presentation and discussions |
| 13. Week |
The Future
Can the Family Business Compete and Thrive? |
presentation and discussions |
| 14. Week |
Wrap-up |
presentation and discussions |
| 15. Week |
Final Exam |
Final Exam |
| 16. Week |
Final Exam |
Final Exam |
| 17. Week |
Final Exam |
Final Exam |
| Program Outcomes |
| PO-1 | Demonstrates a basic level of understanding in related disciplines (such as economics, sociology, psychology, quantitative sciences, etc.) that form a foundation for business administration, and makes use of and applies them to the field of business. | | PO-2 | Applies mathematical, scientific and social knowledge to business problems. | | PO-3 | Demonstrates a basic level of understanding in business functions and management (such as management, production, marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, behavioural sciences, etc.) and interprets the theoretical arguments focusing on interactions between the actors and the cultures in the field. | | PO-4 | Determines how to use acquired theoretical and practical knowledge and skills related to business in application and field analysis and applies them. | | PO-5 | Identifies and evaluates the relations in the field of business; describes the problems and presents analytical solutions through modelling and interpreting (critical thinking). | | PO-6 | Designs a business process in any functional stage that complies with identified objectives. | | PO-7 | Develops effective business communication skills (written-verbal/formal-informal). | | PO-8 | Owns effective working skills individually or on a team in business and multidisciplinary fields. | | PO-9 | Acts with a sense of professional and ethical responsibility. | | PO-10 | Improves effective verbal and written communication skills in English, and acquires competence in minimum one foreign language. | |
| Learning Outcomes |
| LO-1 | To define and differentiate the concept of the family business | | LO-2 | To express the strongness and weaknesses of the family business in Turkey | | LO-3 | To interpret what institutionalization is and how it is applied for the family businesses | | LO-4 | Analyze and criticize the family members according to the general principles of institutionalization | | LO-5 | To design a model which propose the generational effects on family businesses | |
