Embracing Paradoxes in South African Family Businesses

Download or read book Embracing Paradoxes in South African Family Businesses written by Dora Jurd De Girancourt and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Did you know that close to eighty per cent of registered businesses in South Africa are family owned? This book explores the backdrops to these unique businesses and analyses the profound emotional and human drivers that form their core identity. The authors take the reader on a journey across South Africa during which they met the owners of more than thirty-five family businesses - some multi-generational, others more recently established - from diverse sectors and origins. Thanks to live testimonies, a thorough analysis of the structure and functioning of each business, and rich family portraits, they raise the main paradoxes that shape these businesses today and suggest solutions to manage both the emotional and rational aspects that characterise them. How is the individual empowered by the group? How is a spirit of entrepreneurship transmitted form one generation to another? how is the right balance between modernity and tradition achieved? How does one institutionalise innovation within the family? By unveiling fascinating family stories and raising underlying questions, this book turns the spotlight on a largely unknown segment of the South African economy."--Back cover.