Unconventional Wisdom
Editat de John Warden Limba Engleză Paperback – iul 2005
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0470021659
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 174 x 212 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom
Public țintă
CEOS of family businesses, family business owners, consultants, executive development courses, MBA students.Notă biografică
Editor
John Ward is The Wild Group Professor of Family Business at IMD, and also a professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management (USA). He is director of IMD's renowned 'Leading the Family Business' program, in which he has taught since its inception in 1987.
Contributors
Daniel Denison is Professor of Management and Organization at IMD. His research has shown a strong relationship between organizational culture and business performance metrics such as profitability, growth, customer satisfaction, and innovation. He has consulted with many leading corporations regarding organizational change, leadership development, and the cultural issues associated with mergers and acquisitions, turnarounds, and globalization. Dr Denison received his Bachelor's degree in psychology, sociology, and anthropology from Albion College and his PhD in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan.
Jean L. Kahwajy Prior to joining IMD as Professor of Organizational Behavior, Dr Kahwajy worked as a coach, consultant, seminar leader, and speaker on decisionmaking, strategy, negotiation, and interpersonal dynamics for more than two dozen Fortune 500 companies. She has also held positions in systems engineering, equity derivatives, investment banking, and technology marketing. Her research, teaching, and consulting focus on how to turn around negative situations, with emphasis on improving both negotiation and decision-making, as well as interpersonal interactions. She holds a PhD in organizational behavior with a minor in psychology from Stanford University, a Master's degree in engineering-economic systems and an MBA from Stanford and a Bachelor's degree in systems engineering from the University of Virginia.
George Kohlrieser, a clinical and organizational psychologist, is Professor of Organizational Behavior at IMD and consultant to global organizations around the world. In addition, he is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, and an adjunct faculty member of Union Graduate School, Antioch, Ohio, of Fielding Institute San Francisco, California, and of Zagreb University, Croatia. He specializes in conflict management, leadership, high-performance teamwork, change management, post-traumatic stress, and personal and professional development. He is also a police psychologist focusing on violence and aggression management, and hostage negotiations. He obtained his PhD from Ohio State University.
Colleen Lief joined IMD in 2000 as a research associate working on change management, marketing, and corporate learning issues. Soon after, she became the lead researcher at the IMD-Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Family Business Research Center, where her research interests include corporate culture and adaptation. Ms Lief earned an MPhil degree in monetary economics at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and a BSc in business administration from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. She also pursued postgraduate work in political economy at the University of Texas, Dallas.
Peter Lorange has been the President of IMD since July 1, 1993. He is Professor of Strategy and holds the Nestlé Chair. He is also co-director of two programs targeted at senior executives: Orchestrating Winning Performance and the Booster Program. He was formerly President of the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo. His areas of special interest are global strategic management, strategic planning, strategic alliances, and strategic control. He did his undergraduate studies at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business, was awarded an MA in operations management from Yale University, and a Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard University.
Joachim Schwass is Professor of Family Business at IMD. He is co-director of the IMD-Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Family Business Research Center and of IMD's renowned Leading the Family Business program. He also directs the annual IMD-Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Distinguished Family Business Award. His main teaching focus is on owner-related management issues. He was educated in Germany, France, and Switzerland. He has attended graduate studies at Technische Universität Berlin and Université de Fribourg where he obtained a Lic.Rer.Pol. and a Dr.Rer.Pol.
Ulrich Steger holds the Alcan Chair of Environmental Management at IMD and is director of IMD's research project on Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM). He is director of the DaimlerChrysler Partnership Program and Allianz Excellence Program, as well as co-director of the Building High Performance Boards program. He holds a PhD from Ruhr University, Bochum.
Cuprins
Contributors ix
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxvii
Chapter 1 The Growth Dilemma in Family-Owned Firms 1
Peter Lorange
Chapter 2 Unconventional Strategy: Why Family Firms Outperform 13
John L. Ward
Chapter 3 Strategic Planning - It Starts With the Family 35
John L. Ward
Chapter 4 How Family Business Culture is Different 57
Colleen Lief and Daniel Denison
Chapter 5 Understanding the Successor's Challenges 77
Joachim Schwass
Chapter 6 An Effective Successor Development Strategy 97
Joachim Schwass
Chapter 7 Resolving Conflict in Family Businesses: Don't Be a Hostage to Family Harmony 117
George Kohlrieser
Chapter 8 Effective Family Communications: It's Not What's Said That's Important, But What's Heard 147
Jean L. Kahwajy
Chapter 9 The Family Constitution: It's the Process That Counts, Not the Content 161
John L. Ward
Chapter 10 Good News for Family Firms: You Don't Have to Worry About the New Rules in Corporate Governance. But . . . 183
Ulrich Steger
Chapter 11 The Value of Hands-On Ownership 205
John L. Ward
Chapter 12 Counterintuitive Insights 231
Colleen Lief and John L. Ward
Index 239