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General Management

General Management

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Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors

MBA Required Curriculum

(FIRST YEAR)

Leadership and Corporate Accountability

In this course, students learn about the complex responsibilities facing business leaders today. Through cases about difficult managerial decisions, the course examines the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders. It also teaches students about management and governance systems leaders can use to promote responsible conduct by companies and their employees, and shows how personal values can play a critical role in effective leadership.

MBA Elective Curriculum

(SECOND YEAR)
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
The Arts of Communication Timothy McCarthy Fall
2020
Q2 1.5
Timothy McCarthy Spring
2021
Q3 1.5
Becoming a General Manager (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Amy Edmondson, Joseph Fuller Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under Strategy and Technology & Operations Management) Chet Huber, Rory McDonald, Derek van Bever Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Allison Mnookin, Derek van Bever, Chet Huber Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Marketing and Finance) Michael Chu Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Kash Rangan Spring
2021
Q4 1.5
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under Marketing) Anita Elberse Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry Michael S. Kaufman Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management) Robert Simons Spring
2021
Q4 1.5
Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy University Course, Daniel Schrag Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Conversations on Leadership Nitin Nohria, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Kristin Williams Mugford Fall
2020
Q1Q2 1.5
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under Organizational Behavior) Lynn Paine Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Doing Business with China 2035 William Kirby Spring
2021
Q3 1.5
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under Marketing) Rohit Deshpande, Henry McGee Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care Regina Herzlinger, Gregory P Licholai Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Planning Your Business with China William Kirby Spring
2021
Q4 1.5
Field Course: Purpose & Profit (also listed under Strategy) Mark Kramer Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Archie L. Jones, Jeffrey Bussgang, Henry McGee Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Innovating in Health Care Regina Herzlinger Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Justice: Ethics in an Age of Pandemic and Racial Reckoning University Course, Michael Sandel Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) John Batter Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
John Batter Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership and Happiness Arthur Brooks Spring
2021
Q3 1.5
Lessons from Transformational Medical Advances Amar Bhide Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Change and Transformation Rosabeth Kanter Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
The Moral Leader Joseph Badaracco Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business (also listed under Marketing) Marco Bertini Spring
2021
Q3 1.5
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Mitchell Weiss Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Purpose & Profit (also listed under Strategy) Mark Kramer Fall
2020
Q1 1.5
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under Strategy and Accounting & Management) George Serafeim Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Seminar: Unpacking the US-China Rivalry Andy Zelleke Spring
2021
Q4 1.5
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change Brian Trelstad Fall
2020
Q1 1.5
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship John Jong-Hyun Kim Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0

Doctoral Programs

Faculty from the General Management unit work with students across several doctoral programs. Detailed curriculum information for each doctoral program associated with this unit can be found on the doctoral programs website:
DBA in Management
PhD in Organizational Behavior
DBA in Strategy

Executive Education

Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations
24–28 MAY 2021
General Management Program
02 AUG–19 NOV 2021
Advanced Management Program
09 AUG 2021–25 FEB 2022
Governing for Nonprofit Excellence
07–10 SEP 2021
Owner/President Management
12 SEP–01 OCT 2021 (Unit 1 only)
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