Curriculum
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
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)
Technology & Operations Management
| Course Title |
Faculty Name |
Term |
Quarter |
Credits |
| Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management) |
Clay Christensen, Ray Gilmartin, Chet Huber Chet Huber |
Fall 2011
Winter 2012
|
Q1, Q2
Q3, Q4 |
3.0
3.0 |
| Business and the Environment(also listed
under Business, Government & the International Economy) |
Michael
Toffel |
Fall 2011 |
Q1, Q2 |
3.0 |
| Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains |
Deishin Lee |
Winter 2012 |
Q3, Q4 |
3.0 |
Field Course: Commercializing Science: Clean Tech and Physical Science Focus (also listed under Entrepreneurial
Management)
Field Course: Commercializing Science: Biomedical and Life Science Focus(also listed under Entrepreneurial
Management) |
Lee Fleming, Woodward Yang
Vicki Sato |
Fall 2011 |
Q1, Q2 |
3.0 |
| Field Course: Health Care Computer Assisted Innovations (also listed under General Management) |
Regina E. Herzlinger |
Fall 2011 |
Q2 |
3.0 |
| Field Course: Innovating in Health Care (also listed under General Management) |
Regina E. Herzlinger |
Fall 2011 |
Q2 |
3.0 |
| Field Project: Innovation in Business, Energy, and Environment (also listed under Entrepreneurial
Management and Finance) |
Lee
Fleming, Rebecca Henderson, Forest
Reinhardt, Joseph
Lassiter, John Macomber |
Winter 2012 |
Q3, Q4 |
3.0 |
| Field Course: Managing Innovation (also listed under Entrepreneurial
Management) |
Karim
Lakhani |
Winter 2012 |
Q3, Q4 |
3.0 |
| IXP Course: India/Singapore; Assembling Global Innovation Strategies |
Vicki L. Sato, Willy C. Shih |
Winter 2012 |
J |
3.0 |
| Managing Innovation (also listed under Entrepreneurial
Management) |
Karim
Lakhani |
Winter 2012 |
Q3 |
1.5 |
| Managing Service Operations |
Dennis Campbell |
Fall 2011 |
Q1, Q2 |
3.0 |
| Operations Strategy: Managing Growth |
Gary P. Pisano |
Winter 2012 |
Q3, Q4 |
3.0 |
| Research Seminar: Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management) |
Stephen P. Kaufman |
Fall 2011 |
Q1, Q2 |
3.0 |
| Understanding and Influencing Operations as an Investor |
Ananth Raman |
Winter 2012 |
Q3 |
1.5 |