Governing Families

Author : M. Bloch,Thomas S. Popkewitz,K. Holmlund,I. Moqvist
Publisher : Springer
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137080233

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Governing Children, Families and Education by M. Bloch,Thomas S. Popkewitz,K. Holmlund,I. Moqvist Pdf

This is a collection of essays that address the international changes in welfare policy. The book discusses the new patterns of governing associated with the notions of welfare, care, and education that emerge during the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first-centuries. The issues examined are, among others, the role of international donors and their emphasis on efficiency and lower social subsidies, international migration and its impact on welfare policy inclusions (and exclusions), and national policy change. While representing many different locations and traditions, contributors work within a variety of critical theoretical perspectives that critique our cultural ways of reasoning about the care and education of the child, the role and practice of the state, and the social and cultural construction of citizenship and nationhood.

Author : John L. Ward,Craig E. Aronoff
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230116016

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Family Business Governance by John L. Ward,Craig E. Aronoff Pdf

While every family business is unique, embracing systematic governance processes can help any family business achieve goals shared by virtually all: orderly decision-making, peaceful continuity, and the freedom to make decisions based on the highest and best purposes of both the business and the family.

Author : Gary M. Nelson
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1609941640

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Self-Governance in Communities and Families by Gary M. Nelson Pdf

Author : Steve Legler
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781460249673

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SHIFT your Family Business by Steve Legler Pdf

SHIFT your Family Business was written for anyone who has ever worked in a family business or been part of a business family. Steve Legler grew up in one such family, and married into another, and in this, his first book, he examines the challenges that business families face, and gives readers lots of insights and ideas to help them face and overcome those challenges. Since clear, frequent, and open communication is the key to getting out of difficult situations, he walks readers through the steps of: (1) getting important conversations Started (2) getting Help from others to facilitate the discussions (3) Investing the time and effort necessary to gain the momentum to keep going (4) remaining Flexible with all their ideas and plans (5) Talking everything out to gain as much understanding and consensus as possible. He concludes with some thoughts that demystify governance, and invites business families to take on a "family office" mindset to stay focused and on track. SHIFT your Family Business is all about helping business families create the harmony they need to support the legacy they want.

Author : Michael Grossberg
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780807863367

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Governing the Hearth by Michael Grossberg Pdf

Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate children. He shows how legal changes diminished male authority, increased women's and children's rights, and fixed more clearly the state's responsibilities in family affairs. Grossberg further illustrates why many basic principles of this distinctive and powerful new body of law--antiabortion and maternal biases in child custody--remained in effect well into the twentieth century.

Author : Hermut Kormann,Birgit Suberg
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030580193

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Topics of Family Business Governance by Hermut Kormann,Birgit Suberg Pdf

This book focuses on the role of the board in family businesses and specifically on processes and topics of strategic importance. It comprises all the relevant topics which need to be addressed on a regular basis such as strategy development, financial management, and leadership. The pros and cons of each issue are elaborated. This is one of the few books which addresses family businesses from governance systems to the role of executives. The diverse set of examples carefully collected by the authors and an in-depth discussion on the topics provide readers with valuable insights to broaden and enrich the effectiveness of governance.

Author : Terry Christensen,Tom Hogen-Esch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317465829

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Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots by Terry Christensen,Tom Hogen-Esch Pdf

Unlike most competing texts that are densely written and heavily theoretical, with little flavor of political life, this book is a readable, jargon-free introduction to real-life local politics for today's students. While it encompasses local government and politics in cities and towns across America, "Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots" gives special attention to the politics of suburbia, where many students live, and encourages them to become engaged in their own communities. The book is also distinguished by its strong emphasis on nuts-and-bolts practical politics. It provides focused discussion of institutions, roles, and personalities as well as the dynamic environment of local politics (demographics, immigration, globalization, etc.) and major policy issues (budgets, land use, transportation, education, etc.). Other texts treat communities as abstractions and readers as passive observers. "Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots" is designed to inspire civic engagement as well as understanding. It features "In Your Community" research projects for students in every chapter along with informative tables, clear charts, essential terms, and guides to useful websites.

Author : Norman Jones
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191017698

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Governing by Virtue by Norman Jones Pdf

Managing early modern England was difficult because the state was weak. Although Queen Elizabeth was the supreme ruler, she had little bureaucracy, no standing army, and no police force. This meant that her chief manager, Lord Burghley, had to work with the gentlemen of the magisterial classes in order to keep the peace and defend the realm. He did this successfully by employing the shared value systems of the ruling classes, an improved information system, and gentle coercion. Using Burghley's archive, Governing by Virtue explores how he ran a state whose employees were venal, who owned their jobs for life, or whose power derived from birth and possession, not allegiance, even during national crises like that of the Spanish Armada.

Author : Ho-Don Yan,Fu-Lai Tony Yu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000374643

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The Routledge Companion to Asian Family Business by Ho-Don Yan,Fu-Lai Tony Yu Pdf

This companion provides broad and in-depth insights into family business in Asia and how Asian family firms navigate in the digital economy. The first part of the book looks at key concepts of family business while the second part presents Asian family firms’ cases from Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and other Asian economies. This comprehensive reference will help readers understand how family firms in Asia compete and survive in the world market especially in the digital age and why and how Asian economies can emerge as one of the most dynamic regions in the world.

Author : Sharon L. Kagan,Rebecca E. Gomez
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807773659

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Early Childhood Governance by Sharon L. Kagan,Rebecca E. Gomez Pdf

Responding to the current national concern for enhanced commitments to early education, this book examines what states are currently doing, what has proven effective, and what the existing body of knowledge offers educators, policymakers, and others seeking successful approaches to governance. Featuring chapters by prominent, thoughtful scholars and practitioners, this is the first volume to specifically focus on early childhood governance. Reflective and prospective, this seminal contribution is designed to be immediately germane to the burgeoning field of ECE. Readers will find the latest thinking, the most recent experiences, and an honest review of the governance issues facing ECE today and into the future—all in one resource. Contributors: Missy Cochenour, Harriet Dichter, Stacie G. Goffin, Rebecca E. Gomez, Rolf Grafwallner, Kathleen Hebbeler, Susan Hibbard, Sharon Lynn Kagan, Sarah LeMoine, Elliot M. Regenstein, Thomas Rendon, Beth Rous, Diana Schaack, Thomas Schultz, Catherine Scott-Little, Kate Tarrant

Author : Christina Lubinski,Jeffrey Fear,Paloma Fernández Pérez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135044923

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Family Multinationals by Christina Lubinski,Jeffrey Fear,Paloma Fernández Pérez Pdf

In contrast to widespread assessments that family enterprises lack sufficient resources and capabilities to go global, many family companies are competing successfully in an increasingly globalized business environment. Worldwide, a large number of thriving multinationals are still family-owned and/or under family control. While there is abundant literature on the phenomenon of globalization from many different disciplines, neither the literature on multinationals nor the growing field of family business studies have systematically investigated family multinationals yet. This volume is one of the first to deal explicitly with family multinationals and the role of the family in internationalization. It situates itself at the crossroads of internationalization studies on the one hand and family business research on the other. Why do families continue to play such a large role in some of the most prominent firms in emerging and mature economies? How did they manage to maintain ownership control, yet divest of unrelated business ventures? How did they internationalize yet maintain control? This book identifies the idiosyncratic strategies and structures of family multinationals in different countries and at different points in time. A comparative historical and case study approach allows us to explore the role of the family through the firms’ various internationalization pathways and understand long-term developments and path dependencies.

Author : Fred Neubauer,Alden G. Lank
Publisher : Springer
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349144655

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The Family Business by Fred Neubauer,Alden G. Lank Pdf

The family business has a far reaching influence on economies throughout the world. No other type of business has driven economic development in the same way and today, in almost all countries, family businesses including such giants as Ford, Levi Strauss, L'Oréal and Ferrero are the source of more than half of the Gross National Product (GNP) and employment. As a result of their prominence the question of how they are governed, controlled and accounted for is crucial not only for the owning families, but also for the societies in which these companies operate. The Family Business considers: · How to define a family-controlled business and the significance of this form of privately-held enterprise. · Governance systems in the context of the family business. · How a board of outsiders can add value to the typical family business. · How to handle the classical tensions between family and board and between family and management on the other. · How to gain effective and efficient control at the highest level. The answer to these questions and others is given by providing a large number of examples of internationally active family businesses and from the authors teaching and research into this area. Sustainability is the key concern to the family business and this book breaks new ground in showing how they can successfully live on to the next generation.

Author : Manlio Del Giudice,Maria Rosaria Della Peruta,Elias G. Carayannis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781441973535

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Knowledge and the Family Business by Manlio Del Giudice,Maria Rosaria Della Peruta,Elias G. Carayannis Pdf

Family businesses—the predominant form of business organization around the world—can make numerous, critical contributions to the economy and family well-being in both financial and qualitative terms. But dysfunctional family businesses can be difficult to manage, painful experiences at best, and they can destroy family wealth and personal relationships. This book explores the dynamics of family business management, in the context of constantly changing market conditions and the role that knowledge management plays in strategic planning and adaptation. Integrating the literature from family business, entrepreneurship, industrial psychology, and knowledge management, and with illustrative examples from a variety of enterprises, the authors address such topics as: •How family businesses can compete in the new knowledge economy •How to manage a family business when knowledge is its main asset •How to transfer knowledge (and how to keep it alive) through family generations Within this framework, the authors argue that effective resource management—especially intangible resources—is central to enabling a family-run organization to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage over time. They note that families often develop systemic, intuitive, or tacit knowledge that transcends rational decision making and needs to be recognized and nurtured as a distinctive asset. The authors demonstrate that trans-generational value is achieved when the family firm innovates and adapts itself to changing external and internal conditions. This kind of entrepreneurial performance requires dynamic capabilities and processes designed to acquire, exchange, combine and even shed knowledge and practices; and, in turn, dynamic capabilities result from mechanisms of knowledge sharing, collective learning, experience accumulation, and transfer.

Author : Randall K. Morck
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226536835

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A History of Corporate Governance around the World by Randall K. Morck Pdf

For many Americans, capitalism is a dynamic engine of prosperity that rewards the bold, the daring, and the hardworking. But to many outside the United States, capitalism seems like an initiative that serves only to concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few hereditary oligarchies. As A History of Corporate Governance around the World shows, neither conception is wrong. In this volume, some of the brightest minds in the field of economics present new empirical research that suggests that each side of the debate has something to offer the other. Free enterprise and well-developed financial systems are proven to produce growth in those countries that have them. But research also suggests that in some other capitalist countries, arrangements truly do concentrate corporate ownership in the hands of a few wealthy families. A History of Corporate Governance around the World provides historical studies of the patterns of corporate governance in several countries-including the large industrial economies of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States; larger developing economies like China and India; and alternative models like those of the Netherlands and Sweden.

Author : Rosalind Edwards,Pamela Ugwudike
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000858853

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Governing Families by Rosalind Edwards,Pamela Ugwudike Pdf

This book provides a focused discussion of how families are governed through technologies. It shows how states attempt to influence, shape and govern families as both the source of and solution to a range of social problems including crime. The book critically reviews family governance in contemporary neo-liberal society, notably through technologies of self-responsibilisation, biologisation, and artificial intelligence. The book draws attention to the poor working class and racialised families that often are marked out and evaluated as culpable, dysfunctional, and a threat to economic and social order, obscuring the structural inequalities that underpin family lives and discriminations that are built into the tools that identify and govern families. Filling a gap where disciplinary perspectives cross-cut, this book brings together sociological and criminological perspectives to provide a unique cross-disciplinary approach to the topic. It will be of interest to researchers, scholars and lecturers studying sociology and criminology, as well as policy-makers and professionals working in the fields of early years and family intervention programmes, including in social work, health, education, and the criminologically-relevant professions such as police and probation.