MBA Required Curriculum (1st Year)

Technology and Operations Management (TOM)

This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as well as the creation and delivery of services.

Topics encompass:

  • Process analysis
  • Cross-functional and cross-firm integration
  • Product development
  • Information technology
  • Technology and operations strategy

MBA Elective Curriculum (2nd Year)

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Technology & Operations Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Stephen P. Kaufman, Chet Huber

Willy C. Shih, Chet Huber, Derek van Bever 		Fall 2013


Winter 2014		 Q1Q2


Q3Q4		 3.0


3.0
Digital Innovation and Transformation Karim R. Lakhani, Marco Iansiti Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Commercializing Science Vicki Sato Fall 2013 Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Innovation in Business, Energy, and Environment (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Business, Government & the International Economy) Joseph B. Lassiter, Forest L. Reinhardt, Rebecca M. Henderson, John D. Macomber Fall 2013 Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Managing Medicine Richard M.J. Bohmer Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
Innovation in Business, Energy, and Environment (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Business, Government & the International Economy) Joseph B. Lassiter, Forest L. Reinhardt, Rebecca M. Henderson, John D. Macomber Fall 2013 Q1 1.5
Managing Medicine Richard M.J. Bohmer Winter 2014 Q3 1.5
Managing Service Operations Anita L. Tucker Winter 2014 Q3Q4 3.0
Operations Strategy: Managing Growth Gary P. Pisano, David F. Drake Fall 2013 Q1Q2 3.0
Supply Chain Management Janice H. Hammond Fall 2013 Q1Q2 3.0
Understanding and Influencing Operations as an Investor Ananth Raman Winter 2014 Q3 1.5
Understanding Technology Businesses Willy C. Shih Fall 2013 Q1Q2 3.0
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Doctoral Programs

Faculty from the TOM 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 Technology and Operations Management

PhD in Organizational Behavior

DBA in Management

PhD in Health Policy Management

PhD in Business Economics

Executive Education

Leading Product Innovation

Leading Innovation - India

Intellectual Property and Business Strategy

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HBS Working Knowledge

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