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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 Candace Bertotti Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Candace Bertotti Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Becoming a General Manager (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Technology & Operations Management) Amy Edmondson, Joseph Fuller Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid Michael Chu Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under Marketing) Anita Elberse Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy) Debora L. Spar Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
The CEO Experience John H. Lynch Fall
2022
Q2 1.5
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry Michael S. Kaufman, Andy Pforzheimer Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management and Organizational Behavior) Robert Simons Spring
2023
Q4 1.5
Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy University Course, Daniel Schrag Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors Lynn Paine Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Managers (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) David J. Malan Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Managers (with labs) (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) David J. Malan Spring
2023
Q3 3.0
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy and Entrepreneurial Management) Geoffrey Jones Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management) Rohit Deshpande, Henry McGee Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: HBS Impact Investment Fund (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Finance) 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 (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Regina Herzlinger Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Jeffrey Bussgang, Archie L. Jones, Henry McGee Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Ghana; Doing Business Across Africa Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie January
2023
J 3.0
Innovating in Health Care in the COVID Era (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Regina Herzlinger Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) John Batter Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
John Batter Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership and Happiness Arthur Brooks Spring
2023
Q3 1.5
The Moral Leader Joseph Badaracco Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Mitchell Weiss Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Purpose & Profit (also listed under Strategy) Mark Kramer Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under Strategy and Accounting & Management) Ethan Rouen Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change Brian Trelstad Fall
2022
Q1 1.5
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship John Jong-Hyun Kim Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
U.S. Healthcare Strategy (also listed under Strategy) Leemore S. Dafny Fall
2022
Q1Q2 3.0
Unpacking the US-China Rivalry (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy) Andy Zelleke Spring
2023
Q3Q4 3.0
Unpacking the US-China Rivalry Q2 Andy Zelleke Fall
2022
Q2 1.5

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:
PhD in Organizational Behavior
PhD in Business Administration, Strategy

Executive Education

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
19–24 MAR 2023
Leadership for Senior Executives
11–16 JUN 2023
Disruptive Innovation
19–24 JUN 2023
Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management
09–15 JUL 2023
Program for Leadership Development
10 JUL 2023–26 JAN 2024
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