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Family business : a survival guide / Kieran McCarthy.

By: McCarthy, Kieran (Accountant) [author.].
Contributor(s): Chartered Accountants Ireland [publisher.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dublin, Ireland : Chartered Accountants Ireland, 2014Description: xvii, 244 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781908199775.Subject(s): Family-owned business enterprises -- IrelandDDC classification: 338.74 MCC
Partial contents:
Part 1: the entrepreneur and the family -- The strengths and weaknesses of family businesses -- Conflict and compromise -- Part 2: the family and the business -- Communication and culture, vision and stewardship -- Investing in employees -- Part 3: the business -- Governance in the family business -- Governance structures for the family business -- Bringing in the right expertise: professionalising the business -- Part 4: the future of the business -- Engaging the next generation -- Women in family business -- Successful succession: reducing owner dependency and relinquishing control -- Exit strategy: selling the business -- Nine steps to becoming a successful family business.
Summary: Family businesses can be found in every sector of the economy, in all shapes and sizes. Regardless of size, however, running a successful family business brings unique challenges which can affect its chances of survival and the transition to the next generation. Irish family firms face increasingly complex issues that affect not only the future of the business, but also those of the proprietor, his or her family and employees. How does a proprietor reconcile his own and his family's aspirations with the commercial goals of the firm? Can he motivate family and non-family employees alike? Should he try to solve problems himself, or should he take independent advice? When should he start addressing and planning for the major issue of succession, and who should he choose? Other key issues include whether to sell, raise external finance, diversify, merge, and bring in more family members or more outside management. Kieran McCarthy has written a uniquely comprehensive guide to all facets of the family business for the business owner/manager as well as their professional advisors. Featuring case studies and checklists of key steps to take, this new book addresses: the conflict between the more emotional aspects of family life and the objective view required by business management; the critical importance of having a family strategic plan; integrating outside employees and family employees; the value of an independent board of directors; and succession problems and relinquishing control.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library Ground Floor Main 338.74 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000877336
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library Ground Floor Main 338.74 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000877344
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library Ground Floor Main 338.74 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000877351
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Includes index.

Part 1: the entrepreneur and the family -- The strengths and weaknesses of family businesses -- Conflict and compromise -- Part 2: the family and the business -- Communication and culture, vision and stewardship -- Investing in employees -- Part 3: the business -- Governance in the family business -- Governance structures for the family business -- Bringing in the right expertise: professionalising the business -- Part 4: the future of the business -- Engaging the next generation -- Women in family business -- Successful succession: reducing owner dependency and relinquishing control -- Exit strategy: selling the business -- Nine steps to becoming a successful family business.

Family businesses can be found in every sector of the economy, in all shapes and sizes. Regardless of size, however, running a successful family business brings unique challenges which can affect its chances of survival and the transition to the next generation. Irish family firms face increasingly complex issues that affect not only the future of the business, but also those of the proprietor, his or her family and employees. How does a proprietor reconcile his own and his family's aspirations with the commercial goals of the firm? Can he motivate family and non-family employees alike? Should he try to solve problems himself, or should he take independent advice? When should he start addressing and planning for the major issue of succession, and who should he choose? Other key issues include whether to sell, raise external finance, diversify, merge, and bring in more family members or more outside management. Kieran McCarthy has written a uniquely comprehensive guide to all facets of the family business for the business owner/manager as well as their professional advisors. Featuring case studies and checklists of key steps to take, this new book addresses: the conflict between the more emotional aspects of family life and the objective view required by business management; the critical importance of having a family strategic plan; integrating outside employees and family employees; the value of an independent board of directors; and succession problems and relinquishing control.