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SFaB online course
SFaB
About This Course
Support Family Business project’s main goal is the production of a high-quality VET microlearning programme, focused on Family Business and its uniqueness compared to other types of business. As Family Business play an important role in the EU market, and with few existing literature regarding its specific features, this project aims to fil this gap. With the “SFaB – VET” training program understanding of the special needs of a family business will be achieved.
The SFaB educational programme covers the basic concepts related to the administration of family firms, as well as the different processes and tools that are useful for the effective handling of these companies.
It is a programme aimed at entrepreneurs, managers, members of family businesses, professionals involved in the world of family business, and policy makers. It is also aimed at recent University graduates who wish to acquire knowledge on Family Business management.
The SFaB programme intends to provide students with a framework for learning and understanding the nature, importance, and uniqueness of family business. Family business, which are the backbone of the economy in the majority of countries, are facing challenges in the following fields:
- Lack of entrepreneurship education and specific educational frameworks for family business management.
- Unawareness by family firms of the importance of the succession planning.
- Balance between the family, ownership, and business.
- Difficulties in attracting and retaining a skilled workforce.
The aim of the programme is to develop a framework for learning and understanding the nature, importance, and uniqueness of family business in the target countries.
What you'll learn
- Show familiarity with the foundation and history of Family Business.
- Understand and develop the necessary leadership skills for the management of family business.
- Develop the roles of managing a family business applying the skills learned in the course
- Being acquainted with the newest theories, interpretations, methods, and techniques of Family Business Management.
- Understand and use the latest tools in the field of family business management
- Critically analyze the special characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses within family business to determine the extent of their success.
- Successfully transfer ownership and control of a family firm to the next generation
- Understand the role of gender in the Intergeneration Business Transfer
- Apply a personal approach to analyze the challenges of family business succession
- Understand the role of the corporate governance and the specific family governance mechanisms in a family firm
- Understand the effect of family culture on the business in terms of the values and dynamics of strategic and business planning
- Apply the concepts that distinguish the unique relationship between entrepreneurship and family businesses
- Identify and manage the behavioral, operational, and strategic issues that are prevalent in family business.
Syllabus
The SFaB structure contains five modules:
- Family Business & Special Characteristics
- Succession
- The Role of Woman in Family Business
- Corporate Governance & Family Governance Mechanisms (FGM)
- Family Business Strategy.
Meet your instructors
IOANNIS KINIAS
Assistant Professor of Business Policy University of the Aegean