Establishing Policies and Structures
Learn to focus effort on helping stakeholder groups raise and resolve their interests and concerns.
Classes Start Available Anytime
Course Overview
Using a systems perspective, advisors can craft structures and policies that balance the needs of different stakeholder groups in family businesses. In this course, you will learn to consider your client to be the family business system, rather than one stakeholder. A more broad-based view will allow for more elegant solutions to issues that arise. Learn to focus effort on helping stakeholder groups raise and resolve their interests and concerns. Additionally, learn to focus on structures and policies that clearly define and manage the interface between family and business.
Approved for 7 Practical Skills by the Oregon Bar Association, ID #97849
Course Format
Price
$99Course Details
Units 0.1 CEUs / 1.0 PDUs
Location Online Courses
Course Type Self-Paced
What You’ll Learn
After successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Establish clear family/business boundaries
- Create structures to manage various stakeholder relationships
- Establish and clarify relationships
Your Instructor
Director, Center for Family Enterprise; L. W. "Bill" Lane Professor in Family Business Management; Associate Professor of Management; Senior Editor of Journal of Business Research
Ted A. Paterson, Ph.D. joined Oregon State University in 2015 and is currently an Associate Professor of Management. In 2020 he was named the director of the Center for Family Enterprise and the L. W. "Bill" Lane Professor in Family Business Management. He currently serves as Senior Editor for the Journal of Business Research. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska in 2014. Prior to his doctoral studies he was a financial advisor for 10 years. Dr. Paterson's research interests center on positive organizational behavior, leadership, ethics, identity, and family business. He has taught a wide variety of management courses and currently teaches MGMT 552, Organizational Behavior.