Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions

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# Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
2032: 5 Technologies that will reshape the world in the next decade Entrepreneurial Management Shikhar Ghosh Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
A Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals Negotiation, Organizations & Markets James Sebenius Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
The Arts of Communication General Management Candace Bertotti Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
The Arts of Communication General Management Candace Bertotti Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
Authentic Leader Development Organizational Behavior Thomas J. DeLong,
Scott Snook		 Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Authentic Leader Development Organizational Behavior Robin Ely,
Hubert Joly		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Avoiding Startup Failure Entrepreneurial Management Lindsay Hyde Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
B Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Becoming a General Manager General Management, Entrepreneurial Management, Technology & Operations Management Amy Edmondson,
Joseph Fuller		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Joshua Schwartzstein Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Borderline Accounting & Management Eugene Soltes Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Building Trusted Organizations General Management Sandra Sucher Fall
2023 		Q2 1.5
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Technology & Operations Management Chet Huber,
Rory McDonald		 Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Technology & Operations Management Prithwiraj Choudhury,
Allison Mnookin,
Derek van Bever		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements Accounting & Management Jonas Heese Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements and Big Data Accounting & Management Charles C.Y. Wang Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Business Marketing and Sales Marketing, Entrepreneurial Management Navid Mojir Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
Business and Geopolitics Business, Government & the International Economy Jeremy Friedman Fall
2022 		Q1 1.5
Business at the Base of the Pyramid General Management Michael Chu Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports General Management, Marketing Anita Elberse Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
C Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
The CEO Experience General Management John H. Lynch Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Managers Technology & Operations Management, General Management David J. Malan Spring
2023 		Q3 1.5
CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Managers (with labs) Technology & Operations Management, General Management David J. Malan Spring
2023 		Q3 3.0
Capitalism and the State (CATS) Business, Government & the International Economy, General Management Debora L. Spar Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management Michael S. Kaufman,
Andy Pforzheimer		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders Accounting & Management, General Management, Organizational Behavior Robert Simons Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism Entrepreneurial Management Tom Nicholas Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Competing Globally Strategy Jorge Tamayo Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy General Management University Course,
Daniel Schrag		 Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Consumer Marketing Marketing John Gourville Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) Finance Mark L. Egan,
C. Fritz Foley		 Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors General Management Lynn Paine Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Corporate Strategy Strategy David Collis Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA (LIFE) Organizational Behavior Leslie Perlow Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Brand Value Marketing Jill Avery Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Finance Kristin Mugford Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) General Management Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage Strategy Eric J. Van den Steen Fall
2022 		Q1 1.5
Creating the Modern Financial System Business, Government & the International Economy David Moss Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
D Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Data Driven Leadership Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Michael Luca Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Data Science for Managers 1 Technology & Operations Management Michael Parzen Fall
2022 		Q1 1.5
Data Science for Managers 1 Technology & Operations Management Michael Parzen Spring
2023 		Q3 1.5
Data Science for Managers 2 Technology & Operations Management Michael Parzen Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
Data Science for Managers 2 Technology & Operations Management Michael Parzen Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
Data Visualization for Analysis and Communication Technology & Operations Management Fernanda Viégas,
Martin Wattenberg		 Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
Data for Impact (Previously Measuring and Managing Social Impact) Entrepreneurial Management Benjamin N. Roth,
Natalia Rigol		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Deal Making in Real Estate Finance Dwight Angelini,
Matt Kelly		 Spring
2023 		Q3 1.5
Deals Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Guhan Subramanian Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Deals Q2 Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Guhan Subramanian Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
Decision Making Under Uncertainty Marketing David Bell Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
Demystifying Family Businesses Technology & Operations Management Christina Wing Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Designing Technology Ventures Technology & Operations Management Thomas Eisenmann Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Digital Innovation and Transformation Technology & Operations Management Shane Greenstein Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Digital Marketing Workshop Marketing Ben Kirshner Fall
2022 		Q1 1.5
Driving Profitable Growth Technology & Operations Management Gary Pisano Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
E Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Elections and Campaigns, a Private Sector Perspective on the 2022 US Midterm Elections Entrepreneurial Management Robert F. White Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Shai Bernstein Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Raymond Kluender Spring
2023 		Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Jim Matheson Spring
2023 		Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment Entrepreneurial Management, Organizational Behavior Ranjay Gulati Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Sales Entrepreneurial Management Mark Roberge,
Lou Shipley		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Solutions to the World's Problems Entrepreneurial Management William Sahlman Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism Business, Government & the International Economy, Entrepreneurial Management, General Management Geoffrey Jones Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences Entrepreneurial Management Satish Tadikonda Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
F Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship Marketing, General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Rohit Deshpande,
Henry McGee		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Marketing Entrepreneurial Management, Marketing Christina Wallace Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Richard Ruback,
Royce Yudkoff		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Randolph Cohen Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Randolph Cohen Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Go to Market Sales Playbook Field Study Entrepreneurial Management Lou Shipley Fall
2022 		Q1 1.5
Field Course: HBS Impact Investment Fund Entrepreneurial Management, Finance, General Management Archie L. Jones,
Emily R. McComb,
Henry McGee,
George A. Riedel,
Brian Trelstad		 Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care in the COVID Era General Management, Technology & Operations Management Regina Herzlinger Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Lab to Market Technology & Operations Management Kyle Myers Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Finance John Dionne Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only Finance Sara Fleiss Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Bussgang,
Archie L. Jones,
Henry McGee		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Startup Operations Entrepreneurial Management Julia Austin Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery Technology & Operations Management Ariel D. Stern Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms Finance Jason Pananos,
Jay Davis		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Venture Capital Journey Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Bussgang,
Lindsay Hyde		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Finance and Capitalism Finance Joshua Coval,
Richard Ruback,
Randolph Cohen		 Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Richard Ruback,
Royce Yudkoff		 Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Founders' Journey Entrepreneurial Management Shikhar Ghosh,
Reza Satchu		 Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
G Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Global Climate Change (GCC) Business, Government & the International Economy Gunnar Trumbull Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Global Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Management Alvaro Rodriguez-Arregui Fall
2022 		Q1 1.5
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs Seminar Strategy, Entrepreneurial Management Tarun Khanna Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
H Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
How to Not Bankrupt Your Family Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Lauren Cohen Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
I Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
IFC: Denmark and Netherlands; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production Technology & Operations Management Willy Shih,
Michael Toffel		 January
2023 		J 3.0
IFC: Ghana; Doing Business Across Africa General Management Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie January
2023 		J 3.0
IFC: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Paul Gompers,
Richard Ruback		 January
2023 		J 3.0
IFC: Italy; Capitalism - Past, Present, and Future Business, Government & the International Economy Sophus A. Reinert,
Arthur Segel		 January
2023 		J 3.0
IFC: Japan; Innovation through the Fusion of Digital and Analog Strategy Ramon Casadesus-Masanell,
Hirotaka Takeuchi		 January
2023 		J 3.0
IFC: London; Entrepreneurship in the UK and Europe Entrepreneurial Management Greg Marsh,
Jeffrey Rayport		 January
2023 		J 3.0
IFC: Silicon Valley; Decoding "Growth" in Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Management Mark Roberge January
2023 		J 3.0
Independent Project in Food and Agribusiness Business, Government & the International Economy Forest Reinhardt Spring
2024 		Q3Q4 3.0
Infrastructure Finance and Construction Finance John Macomber Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
Innovating in Health Care in the COVID Era General Management, Technology & Operations Management Regina Herzlinger Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture Marketing Robert Dolan Fall
2022 		Q1 1.5
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Business, Government & the International Economy Vincent Pons Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Investment Management and Capital Markets Finance Luis Viceira Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Investment Strategies Finance William Vrattos Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
L Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Launch Lab/Capstone 2 Technology & Operations Management Alan MacCormack,
Russell J Wilcox		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Launch Lab/Thesis 1 Technology & Operations Management Alan MacCormack,
Russell J Wilcox		 January
2023 		J 3.0
Launching Technology Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Bussgang,
Lindsay Hyde,
Reza Satchu		 Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship General Management, Entrepreneurial Management John Batter Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship General Management, Entrepreneurial Management John Batter Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) Organizational Behavior Ryan Raffaelli Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership and Happiness General Management Arthur Brooks Spring
2023 		Q3 1.5
Leadership in Professional Service Firms Strategy Ashish Nanda Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
M Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Managing Customers for Growth Marketing Eva Ascarza Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
Managing Human Capital Organizational Behavior Ethan Bernstein Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment Business, Government & the International Economy Meg Rithmire Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Managing Service Operations Technology & Operations Management Ryan Buell Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services Finance David Scharfstein Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing the Future of Work Entrepreneurial Management Christopher Stanton Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
The Moral Leader General Management Joseph Badaracco Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Motivation and Incentives Negotiation, Organizations & Markets John Beshears Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Motivation and Incentives Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Ashley Whillans Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
N Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Kevin Mohan,
Andrew Wasynczuk,
Amit Goldenberg,
Julian J. Zlatev,
Kym Nelson		 Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Katherine Coffman,
Thomas Graeber,
Jillian Jordan,
Andrew Wasynczuk,
Zoe Cullen		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course 2242 Negotiation, Organizations & Markets James Sebenius Fall
2022 		Q2 3.0
P Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Power and Influence Organizational Behavior Lakshmi Ramarajan Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Power and Influence for Positive Impact Organizational Behavior Julie Battilana Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business Marketing Elie Ofek Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
Private Equity Finance Finance Victoria Ivashina,
Ted Berk		 Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Public Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Management, General Management Mitchell Weiss Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Purpose & Profit General Management, Strategy Mark Kramer Fall
2022 		Q1 1.5
Purpose-Driven Marketing Marketing Elizabeth A. Keenan Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
R Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Real Estate Private Equity Finance Nori Gerardo Lietz Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Real Property Finance Boris Vallee Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems General Management, Strategy, Accounting & Management Ethan Rouen Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Reshaping Competition Strategy Alexander MacKay Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
The Role of Government in Market Economies Business, Government & the International Economy Matthew Weinzierl Spring
2023 		Q3 1.5
S Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Scaling Technology Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Rayport Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change General Management Brian Trelstad Fall
2022 		Q1 1.5
Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) Business, Government & the International Economy Matthew Weinzierl Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) Finance, Strategy Benjamin Esty Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy Execution Accounting & Management Robert Simons Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Strategy Execution Accounting & Management Dennis Campbell Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy and Technology Strategy Frank Nagle Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Strategy and Technology Strategy Andy Wu Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy for Entrepreneurs and Startups Strategy, Entrepreneurial Management Rembrand Koning Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
Strategy in Professional Service Firms Strategy Ashish Nanda Spring
2023 		Q3 1.5
Supply Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Kris Ferreira Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Sustainable Cities and Climate Adaptation (formerly “Building Sustainable Cities”) Finance John Macomber Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Sustainable Investing Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Shawn Cole,
Vikram Gandhi		 Spring
2023 		Q3 1.5
T Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
TALK Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Alison Wood Brooks Spring
2023 		Q4 1.5
Tough Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Joshua Lev Krieger,
Jim Matheson		 Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship General Management John Jong-Hyun Kim Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Transforming Health Care Delivery Technology & Operations Management Ariel D. Stern Spring
2023 		Q3 1.5
U Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
U.S. Healthcare Strategy General Management, Strategy Leemore S. Dafny Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
Unpacking the US-China Rivalry Business, Government & the International Economy, General Management Andy Zelleke Spring
2023 		Q3Q4 3.0
Unpacking the US-China Rivalry Q2 General Management Andy Zelleke Fall
2022 		Q2 1.5
V Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Venture Capital and Private Equity Entrepreneurial Management Jo Tango Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
W Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Deepak Malhotra Fall
2022 		Q1Q2 3.0
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