Bernhard Schieber

Three-Circle Model of the Family Business System

Knowledge

The Three-Circle Model of the Family Business System maps family, ownership, and business as overlapping membership systems that produce seven positions. It helps parties name the kind of claim they are making and take each decision to the right forum. It does not decide succession or predict family harmony.

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Editorial orientation · Family

Model

In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.

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Analytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics

Organizes dimensions, distinctions, types or questions so that a situation can be examined systematically. A framework supplies structure, a typology distinguishes forms, and a heuristic offers a usable way to orient judgment.

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