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General Management

Curriculum

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.

All first year HBS MBA students have a series of required courses, as listed below:

Term I Courses
These five courses focus on the internal functional operations of business enterprise.

Term II Courses
These six courses cover the relationship of the organization to larger economic, governmental, and social environments.


MBA Elective Curriculum (2nd Year)

General Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under General Management and Technology & Operations Management) Clay Christensen , Raymond Gilmartin

Gary Pisano, Willy Shih		 Fall 2009


Winter 2010
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Marketing) V. Kasturi Rangan, Michael Chu Fall 2009
Commerce and Society: Business and Creation of Social Value (also listed under Marketing and Organizational Behavior) Christopher Marquis Fall 2009
Cross-Cultural Work Experiences TBD Summer/Fall 2009
Doing Business in China in the 21st Century (also listed under General Management) Regina Abrami, William C. Kirby Winter 2010
Entrepreneurship in Education Reform (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Stacey Childress Winter 2010
Field Study Seminar: Innovating in Health Care Regina Herzlinger Winter 2010
Half-Course: Active Investing - Management and Governance Nabil El-Hage Early Fall 2009
Half-Course:  Law and the Life Cycle of a Business -- Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Lena G. Goldberg Late Fall 2009
Half-Course: Maximizing the Value of Your Intellectual Property Robert Pozen Early Fall 2009
Half-Course: Persuading Business Audiences Bill Ellet Early Fall 2009
Innovating in Health Care Regina Herzlinger Winter 2010
International Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Mukti Khaire Winter 2010
Law and the Life Cycle of a Business-Operating as a Public Company Lena G. Goldberg Winter 2010
Leading and Governing High Performing Nonprofit Organizations Allen Grossman

Alnoor Ebrahim		 Fall 2009

Winter 2010
Managing Innovation Stefan Thomke, Karim Lakhani Winter 2010
Managing the Financial Firm Clayton Rose Fall 2009
The Moral Leader Sandra Sucher

Michael Wheeler		 Fall 2009

Winter 2010
Research Seminar: Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under Technology & Operations Management and Entrepreneurial Management) Clay Christensen Fall 2009

Doctoral Programs

Detailed curriculum information and requirements for each doctoral program associated with the General Management unit can be found on the Doctoral Programs Web site, linked below.

Executive Education