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New Family Business Courses for Spring 2025

Plan to start your own business?

Grow an existing business?

Advise a business?

Odds are that it will be a family business as they comprise 57% of the U.S. GDP and employ 63% of the workforce

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Back-to-back, 1.5 credit hour family business courses on Mondays from 3:00-5:45 PM in PBL 05

• MGMT 320/420 Introduction to Family Businesses 1/13-3/3
• How do family businesses differ from non-family businesses in philosophy, ownership structure and generation
• Ways to navigate the unique opportunities and challenges in their evolution
• MGMT 321/421 Complexities of Family Businesses 3/17-4/28
• Understanding roles, expectations and balancing of stakeholders
• What to consider before working in a family business

No prerequisites; classes build on each other but can be taken individually; guest speakers

Instructor is Cindy Steeb, Clearstead, Senior Managing Director of Trust Administration Services; author of Preserving Multigenerational Wealth

The Center for Family Business

For questions, please contact Laura Bonnet at lxb485@case.edu