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Technology & Operations Management

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

Doctoral Programs

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

Executive Education