Volume 4, Issue 1, Article 3
Progressive Transformation of Delegation Practices to Non-Family Managers: Example of Human Resource Practices in a Lebanese Family Business
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Mireille Daaboul, Amandine Savall, Frantz Datry
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Abstract
Growing family businesses need to enrich their human capital with non-family managers to build internal capabilities to maintain sustainability. These external professionals benefit the family business with expertise and specialty skills. However, owners are challenged by the type and extent of decisions delegated versus retained. This paper illustrates the use of the socio-economic approach to management to transform a growing Lebanese family business’ delegation practice to non-family managers. The relationship between the owner-ceo and the human resource non-family manager was improved based on collaboration to reach autonomy in developing professional human resource practices. The outcome indicates that progressive delegation of decision making can reduces owners’ fear of control loss and supports the socio-economic performance of the family business for sustained growth.
Keywords: Family business, non-family managers, delegation, socio-economic approach to management, collaborative delegation, socio-economic.
Growing family businesses need to enrich their human capital with non-family managers to build internal capabilities to maintain sustainability. These external professionals benefit the family business with expertise and specialty skills. However, owners are challenged by the type and extent of decisions delegated versus retained. This paper illustrates the use of the socio-economic approach to management to transform a growing Lebanese family business’ delegation practice to non-family managers. The relationship between the owner-ceo and the human resource non-family manager was improved based on collaboration to reach autonomy in developing professional human resource practices. The outcome indicates that progressive delegation of decision making can reduces owners’ fear of control loss and supports the socio-economic performance of the family business for sustained growth.
Keywords: Family business, non-family managers, delegation, socio-economic approach to management, collaborative delegation, socio-economic.