Organizational Behavior
Curriculum
MBA Required Curriculum (1st Year)
Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.
The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context of:
- The determinants of group culture.
- Managing the performance of individual subordinates.
- Establishing productive relationships with peers and seniors over whom the manager has no formal authority.
The intermediate modules look at successful leaders in action to see how they:
- Develop a vision of the future.
- Align the organization behind that vision.
- Motivate people to achieve the vision.
- Design effective organizations and change them to achieve superior performance.
The final module introduces a model for strategic career management.
All first-year HBS MBA students have a series of required courses, as listed below:
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)
Organizational Behavior
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Authentic Leadership Development | William George, Nitin Nohria , Robert Steven Kaplan, Peter Olson | Fall 2009 |
| The Board of Directors and Corporate Governance | Jay
Lorsch Rakesh Khurana |
Fall 2009 Winter 2010 |
| Commerce and Society: Business and Creation of Social Value (also listed under General Management and Organizational Behavior) | Christopher Marquis | Fall 2009 |
| Great Business Leaders--The Importance of Contextual Intelligence | Anthony Mayo | Winter 2010 |
| Leading Innovative Ventures (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Technology and Operations Management) | Mary Tripsas | Winter 2010 |
| Leading Professional Service Firms | Robert G. Eccles | Winter 2010 |
| Leading Teams | Robin Ely | Winter 2010 |
| Managing Human Capital | Boris Groysberg | Fall 2009 |
| Power and Influence (also listed under Negotiation, Organizations and Markets) | Amy
Cuddy David Thomas |
Fall 2009 Winter 2010 |
Doctoral Programs
Detailed curriculum information and requirements for each doctoral program associated with the Organizational Behavior unit can be found on the Doctoral Programs Web site, linked below.