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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:

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)

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.