MBA Required Curriculum (1st Year)

Leadership and Corporate Accountability

In this course, students learn about the complex responsibilities facing business leaders today. Through cases about difficult managerial decisions, the course examines the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders. It also teaches students about management and governance systems leaders can use to promote responsible conduct by companies and their employees, and shows how personal values can play a critical role in effective leadership.

MBA Elective Curriculum (2nd Year)

General Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
The Board of Directors and Corporate Governance (also listed under Organizational Behavior) Jay Lorsch, John C. Coates Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Finance and Marketing) Shawn Cole, V. Kasturi Rangan

Michael Chu		 Fall 2013

Winter 2014 		Q1Q2

Q3Q4		 3.0

3.0
Doing Business in China William Kirby Winter 2014 Q3 1.5
Enterprise Risk Management:� Strategy and Leadership in the face of Large-Scale Uncertainties Herman B. Leonard Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Solutions for Market Failure Joseph L. Bower Winter 2014 Q3 1.5
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Solutions for Market Failure Joseph L. Bower Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Health Care Computer Assisted Innovations Regina E. Herzlinger, Margo Seltzer Fall 2013 Q2 3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care Regina E. Herzlinger Fall 2013 Q2 3.0
Field Course: Impact Investing and Social Commercial Models (also listed under Marketing and Finance)

Michael Chu, Shawn Cole

 Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Planning Your Business in China William C. Kirby Winter 2014 Q4 1.5
General Management: Processes and Action David Garvin Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
Innovating in Health Care Intensive Course Regina E. Herzlinger, Margo Seltzer Fall 2013 Q1 3.0
Leading the Global 1000 (also listed under Accounting and Management) George Serafeim Fall 2013 Q1Q2 3.0
Leadership in the Social Sector Alnoor Ebrahim Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Lena Goldberg Fall 2013 Q2 1.5
Legal Aspects of Management Lena Goldberg Fall 2013 Q1 1.5
The Moral Leader Sandra Sucher, Joseph L. Badaracco Fall 2013 Q1Q2 3.0
Power and Glory in Turbulent Times: The History of Leadership from Henry V to Mark Zuckerberg Nancy F. Koehn Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
Reimagining Capitalism (also listed under Strategy) Rebecca M. Henderson, Clayton S. Rose Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
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Doctoral Programs

Faculty from the General Management unit work with students across several doctoral programs. Detailed curriculum information for each doctoral program associated with this unit can be found on the doctoral programs website:

DBA in Management

PhD in Organizational Behavior

DBA in Strategy

Executive Education

Program for Leadership Development

General Management Program

Advanced Management Program

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

Global CEO Program for China

Building Businesses in Emerging Markets

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HBS Working Knowledge

re Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin and Rosabeth M. Kanter
Participants at a Harvard Business School event were urged by professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin to chart a new path forward to improve US competitiveness.
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In whose interests should managers act, particularly when structuring market regulations in highly technical or specialized matters that are largely outside public purview? This paper raises question

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Case
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