ESCP Europe

Eckrich and McClure provide a greater understanding of what a family business really is and how they differ from other companies and work environments. Designed to provide insight into the family and its behavior and to integrate the non-family employee into its unique structure.

1 Introduction: Your Role in a Special Partnership; 2 What Makes a Family Business Unique?; 3 The Value of "Family" to a Family Business; 4 When There's Conflict (and There Will Be Conflict!); 5 Difficult Passage #1: From a Founder to Sons and Daughters; 6 Difficult Passage #2: From Sibling Control to Next-Generation Cousins; 7 Understanding a "Family-First" Business; 8 What about "Business-First" Companies?; 9 When Crisis Looms; 10 More Understanding of the Soup You're In. 11 The Empowered Employee: Maximizing Your Success12 Summary.