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What the syllabus expects

  • Conflict in family business
  • Roles and responsibilities of family members
  • Three-circle model
  • Succession planning
  • Problems and prospects in Nepal

Family business management

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 management.
  • Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.

Curriculum Scope

  • Conflict in family business
  • Roles and responsibilities of family members
  • Three-circle model
  • Succession planning
  • Problems and prospects in Nepal

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Family-business relationships

    1. Three-circle model of family, ownership and business.
    2. Roles and responsibilities.
    3. Sources of conflict and coordination needs.

  2. Continuity and Nepalese context

    1. Succession planning and leadership transition.
    2. Governance and communication arrangements.
    3. Assess Nepalese problems and prospects through dated examples.

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.