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What the syllabus expects

  • Concept and role of family business
  • Stages of family business development
  • Family business culture
  • Critical factors for starting a family business

Family business foundations

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Entrepreneurship (MGT 225)

Unit 5: Entrepreneurial Family Business and Ethics

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of family business foundations.
  • Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.

Curriculum Scope

  • Concept and role of family business
  • Stages of family business development
  • Family business culture
  • Critical factors for starting a family business

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Family-business foundations

    1. Meaning and economic or social role.
    2. Development stages and evolving needs.
    3. Family values and business culture.

  2. Starting conditions

    1. Capabilities, resources and market feasibility.
    2. Expectations of participating family members.
    3. Clarify business and family objectives.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 54–56.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.