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Posted on March 28, 2012 by Richard Raymond

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  2. matthew.ducharme says:
    April 2, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    The Inheritance shows a lot of troubling family dynamics that can occur as a result of a family business. The family business, a steel manufacturer, is in deep crisis. It is a large company with a lot of debt and a recently deceased president. Christoffer has re-entered the family business in a state of upheaval and the decisions he makes have a great impact on many other people, especially the family. We have learned in class about the Parallel Planning Process, which synchronizes the needs and wants of the family and the business. In my opinion, the problem in The Inheritance was that there was no time for PPP. The business was in a state of crisis and Christoffer had to detach himself from a lot emotions in order to save the business. For example, Christoffer fires his sister’s husband because he had shown disloyalty. Even though his sister told Christoffer that she never wanted to see him again, he does not rehire him, at least not at first.
    Christoffer is put in a position where he has to choose between family and business several times. Besides the example with his sister, his relationship with his wife is also put to the test. This relationship is particularly interesting because we can see it gradually deteriorate as the plot unfolds. The main issue here is that Christoffer had just started his life with his wife and then he was thrown back into the family business unexpectedly. There was no apparent succession planning so Christoffer had to devote too much time to the business or not enough time to his wife. Who do you think was more responsible for the break-up-Christoffer or his wife?

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