Xujian Li. Competency requirements of first-generation founders to second-generation successors : a case study of an investigation of family enterprises in Zhangjiang city. Master's Degree(Business Administration). Rangsit University. Rangsit University Library. : Rangsit University, 2022.
Competency requirements of first-generation founders to second-generation successors : a case study of an investigation of family enterprises in Zhangjiang city
Abstract:
Family business is a very representative business model, with a certain
particularity; kinship for family business is an intangible advantage; and family
members often have a higher sense of identity and responsibility for the business.
Definitely, family businesses also have many drawbacks. As the first generation of
founders are about to step down, the intergenerational inheritance of family businesses
is gradually prominent. This paper adopts literature research, field interviews,
questionnaire investigation and case analysis and other research methods, based on the
entrepreneur theory, enterprise life cycle theory and the theory of competency model
research, design, basic rules of questionnaire and interview to understand the
generation of the founder of the second generation of Zhanjiang successor competence
requirements, simultaneously to Zhanjiang City family business successors and their
competence to investigate the situation. Through the investigation, it is found that
there are some problems of the competence of the successors of family enterprises in
Zhanjiang City. Combined with the actual investigation and analysis of the causes of
the problems, the study proposes the countermeasures to improve the competence of
the successors of family enterprises in Zhanjiang City, in order to effectively solve the
severe intergenerational inheritance problems faced by family enterprises in Zhanjiang
City.