Family Business Ownership How to Be an Effective Shareholder
by Ward, John L.; Aronoff, Craig E.Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-12-15
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
Ownership in a family business can be a rewarding and important role. It means stewardship, protection and nurturing the family business. As a guide for shareholders, this book will developing understanding and insight into the role of becoming more valuable as an owner, not just financially, but intellectually and emotionally as well. It aims to provide the philosophical foundation that will support the decisions owners make about technical and legal issues and to help all shareholders understand how to be constructive in their roles. Ownership ought to be an interesting, challenging, profitable, and spiritually enriching experience.
Author Biography
Craig E. Aronoff is Co-founder, Principal, Consultant, and Chairman of the Board of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., the founder of the Cox Family Enterprise Center and current Professor Emeritus at Kennesaw State University. He invented and implemented the membership-based, professional-service-provider sponsored Family Business Forum, which has served as a model of family business education for universities world-wide. John L. Ward is Co-founder of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and teaches strategic management, business leadership, and family enterprise continuity.
Table of Contents
| Exhibits | p. vii |
| Introduction: On Being an Owner | p. 1 |
| What Is a Family Business Owner? | p. 5 |
| The Power of Cohesive Ownership | p. 21 |
| The "Ownership Attitude" | p. 27 |
| Roles and Responsibilities: Owners, Directors, and Managers | p. 35 |
| Preparing and Nurturing Good Owners | p. 47 |
| Owners by Choice | p. 65 |
| Managing the Insider-Outsider Dilemmas | p. 71 |
| Summary | p. 83 |
| Glossary | p. 85 |
| Suggested Readings and Resources | p. 89 |
| Index | p. 91 |
| The Authors | p. 95 |
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