Mini Case Study

Delegation

After you inherit a family business, will you make decisions in a more centralized or decentralized way?

By Fei Du

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Imagine yourself inheriting a family hotel business from your parents who were founders and have worked in this business for more than three decades. Will you make decisions in a more centralized way or a more decentralized way after you take over the family business as a rookie CEO with zero experience?

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"Delegation" by Fei Du. University of Illinois-Deloitte Foundation Center for Business Emerging Technologies. https://emergingtech.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/distributed-content/delegation/. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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