Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions

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A Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
A Manager's Guide to Leveraging Technology Technology & Operations Management Michael Parzen Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals Negotiation, Organizations & Markets James Sebenius Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF) Accounting & Management Aiyesha Dey,
Jonas Heese		 Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
The Arts of Communication General Management Candace Bertotti Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Authentic Leader Development Organizational Behavior Thomas J. DeLong,
Monique Burns Thompson		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Authentic Leader Development Organizational Behavior Robin Ely,
Monique Burns Thompson		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Avoiding Startup Failure Entrepreneurial Management Lindsay Hyde Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
B Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
B2B Sales and Distribution Marketing Lou Shipley Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Joshua Schwartzstein Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Building Trusted Organizations General Management Sandra Sucher Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Technology & Operations Management Willy Shih,
Derek van Bever		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Technology & Operations Management Allison Mnookin Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Q4 Technology & Operations Management Willy Shih Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements Accounting & Management Joseph Pacelli Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Business Solutions for the Global Poor General Management, Marketing Kash Rangan Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Business and Geopolitics Business, Government & the International Economy Jeremy Friedman Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
Business at the Base of the Pyramid General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Natalia Rigol,
Benjamin N. Roth		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid General Management Benjamin N. Roth,
Natalia Rigol		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports General Management, Marketing Anita Elberse Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
C Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Capitalism and the State (CATS) Business, Government & the International Economy, General Management Debora L. Spar Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Capitalism: Past, Present, Future Business, Government & the International Economy Sophus A. Reinert Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management Michael S. Kaufman,
Andy Pforzheimer		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders Accounting & Management, General Management, Organizational Behavior Robert Simons Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks Finance John Macomber Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism Entrepreneurial Management Tom Nicholas Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) Finance C. Fritz Foley Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors General Management, Organizational Behavior Lynn Paine Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA (LIFE) Organizational Behavior Leslie Perlow Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Brand Value Marketing Michael Moynihan Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Creating Brand Value Marketing Julian de Freitas Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Finance Stuart C. Gilson Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) General Management Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Creating the Modern Financial System Business, Government & the International Economy David Moss Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Crucibles of Crisis Leadership General Management Nancy Koehn Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
D Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Data Science for Managers 2 Technology & Operations Management Michael Parzen Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Data Science for Managers 2 Technology & Operations Management Michael Parzen Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Data Visualization for Analysis and Communication Technology & Operations Management Martin Wattenberg,
Fernanda Viégas		 Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Data for Impact: Impact Measurement from Startup to Fortune 500 C-Suite Entrepreneurial Management Benjamin N. Roth,
Natalia Rigol		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Deal Making in Real Estate Finance Dan Gilbane,
Christopher Graham		 Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Deals Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Guhan Subramanian Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Deals Q2 Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Guhan Subramanian Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Demystifying the Family Enterprise Technology & Operations Management Christina Wing Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Designing Technology Ventures Technology & Operations Management Thomas Eisenmann,
Robert Howe		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Digital Marketing Workshop Marketing Jacob Cook Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty General Management William Kirby Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
E Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Energy General Management Dustin Tingley Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Raymond Kluender Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (Q2) Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Shai Bernstein Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling Entrepreneurial Management Mark Roberge,
Lou Shipley		 Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling Entrepreneurial Management Mark Roberge,
Lou Shipley		 Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building, Managing, and Scaling the First Sales Team as a Founder, Investor, or Advisor Entrepreneurial Management Lou Shipley Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Paul Gompers Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences Entrepreneurial Management Satish Tadikonda Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
F Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Field Course: Business of the Arts Marketing, General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Rohit Deshpande,
Henry McGee		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Richard Ruback,
Royce Yudkoff		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Randolph Cohen Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Randolph Cohen Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Foundry AI Lab Entrepreneurial Management Thomas Eisenmann,
Shikhar Ghosh		 Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
Field Course: Go to Market Sales Playbook Field Study Entrepreneurial Management Lou Shipley Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care, Advanced General Management, Technology & Operations Management Ben Creo Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care, Q2 General Management, Technology & Operations Management Regina Herzlinger Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Field Course: Investing for Impact Entrepreneurial Management, Finance, General Management Archie L. Jones,
Emily R. McComb,
Brian Trelstad,
Gerald Chertavian		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation Entrepreneurial Management Satish Tadikonda Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Finance John Dionne Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar Finance Sara Fleiss Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Archie L. Jones,
Henry McGee		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Startup Operations Entrepreneurial Management Julia Austin Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Startup Operations Studio (SOS) Entrepreneurial Management Julia Austin Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 1.5
Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery Technology & Operations Management Robert Huckman,
Susanna Gallani		 Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms Finance Jason Pananos Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Venture Capital Journey Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Bussgang Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Richard Ruback,
Royce Yudkoff		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
The Founder Mindset Entrepreneurial Management Reza Satchu Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
G Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Generative AI for Business Leaders Accounting & Management, Technology & Operations Management Suraj Srinivasan Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions General Management, Business, Government & the International Economy Laura Alfaro Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
Globalization and Emerging Markets Business, Government & the International Economy Reshmaan Hussam Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
I Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production Technology & Operations Management Willy Shih,
Michael Toffel		 January
2025		 J 3.0
IFC: Ghana; Africa Rising General Management Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie January
2025		 J 3.0
IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero Entrepreneurial Management, General Management Vikram Gandhi January
2025		 J 3.0
IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation Business, Government & the International Economy Sophus A. Reinert,
Dante Roscini		 January
2025		 J 3.0
IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem Strategy, Marketing Ramon Casadesus-Masanell January
2025		 J 3.0
IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification Strategy Tarun Khanna January
2025		 J 3.0
IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI Entrepreneurial Management Mark Roberge January
2025		 J 3.0
Innovating at Scale Strategy Rebecca Karp Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
Innovating in Health Care General Management, Technology & Operations Management Regina Herzlinger,
Lee Kaplan,
Ben Creo,
Brian Walker		 Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Business, Government & the International Economy Vincent Pons Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Investment Management and Capital Markets Finance Luis Viceira,
Emil Siriwardane		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Investment Strategies Finance William Vrattos Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
L Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Launch Lab/Capstone 1 Technology & Operations Management Alan MacCormack,
Russell J Wilcox		 January
2025		 J 3.0
Launch Lab/Capstone 2 Technology & Operations Management Alan MacCormack,
Russell J Wilcox		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Launching Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Christina Wallace Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Launching Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Bussgang Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship General Management, Entrepreneurial Management John Batter Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship General Management, Entrepreneurial Management John Batter Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) Organizational Behavior Ryan Raffaelli Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership and Happiness General Management Arthur Brooks Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
Leading a Family Business (LFB) Strategy Josh Baron Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
M Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) General Management, Entrepreneurial Management, Technology & Operations Management Amy Edmondson,
Tiona Zuzul		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Customers for Growth Marketing Eva Ascarza Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Managing Human Capital Organizational Behavior Ethan Bernstein Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment Business, Government & the International Economy Meg Rithmire Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Managing Service Operations Technology & Operations Management Ryan Buell,
Michael Montelongo,
Robert Markey		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services Finance David Scharfstein Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Managing the Future of Work Entrepreneurial Management Christopher Stanton Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Market Perspectives (previously Finance and Capitalism) Finance Robin Greenwood,
Richard Ruback		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills Organizational Behavior, Strategy David G. Fubini Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation Strategy Jorge Tamayo Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation Strategy Jorge Tamayo Spring
2024		 Q3 1.5
The Moral Leader General Management Joseph Badaracco Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Motivation and Incentives Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Ashley Whillans Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
N Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Navigating Your Worth:  AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise Entrepreneurial Management Zoe Cullen,
Shikhar Ghosh		 Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets John Beshears,
Katherine Coffman,
Thomas Graeber,
Kevin Mohan,
Kym Nelson,
Julian J. Zlatev		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Livia Alfonsi,
Max H. Bazerman,
Alex Chan,
Jillian Jordan,
Michael Norton		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
O Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Ownership (OWN): Define Success, Create Advantage, Build to Last, Engage Effectively Strategy Josh Baron Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
P Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Power and Influence Organizational Behavior Lakshmi Ramarajan Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Power and Influence for Positive Impact Organizational Behavior Julie Battilana,
Deborah Winshel		 Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
The Power of DEI: Harnessing Talent and Opportunity for Enduring Success General Management Nancy Koehn Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business Marketing Elie Ofek Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Private Equity Finance Finance Victoria Ivashina,
Ted Berk		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Product Management Entrepreneurial Management Sara McKinley Torti Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
Public Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Management, General Management Mitchell Weiss Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
R Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Real Estate Investing Finance Dwight Angelini,
Matt Kelly		 Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
Real Estate Private Equity Finance Nori Gerardo Lietz Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Real Property Finance Boris Vallee Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems General Management, Strategy, Accounting & Management Ethan Rouen Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Reweaving Ourselves and the World: New Perspectives on Climate Change General Management Rebecca Henderson Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC) Accounting & Management, Entrepreneurial Management, General Management George Serafeim Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Road to the White House 2024, a Private Sector Perspective on Presidential Politics Entrepreneurial Management Robert F. White Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
The Role of Government in Market Economies Business, Government & the International Economy Matthew Weinzierl Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
S Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Scaling Technology Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Jeffrey Rayport Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change General Management Gerald Chertavian,
Brian Trelstad		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) Business, Government & the International Economy Matthew Weinzierl Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
The Spiritual Lives of Leaders General Management Nien-hê Hsieh,
Derek van Bever		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) Finance, Strategy Benjamin Esty Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) Finance, Strategy Scott Mayfield Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
Strategy Execution Accounting & Management Dennis Campbell Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy and Technology Strategy David Yoffie Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Strategy and Technology Strategy Andy Wu Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy for Entrepreneurs Strategy, Entrepreneurial Management Rembrand Koning Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Supply Chain Analytics Technology & Operations Management Kris Ferreira Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
Supply Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Kris Ferreira Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Sustainable Investing Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Vikram Gandhi Fall
2024		 Q2 1.5
Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) Entrepreneurial Management, Accounting & Management Tatiana Sandino Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
T Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
TALK: How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Alison Wood Brooks Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Tough Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Joshua Lev Krieger,
Jim Matheson		 Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship General Management John Jong-Hyun Kim Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Transforming Health Care Delivery Technology & Operations Management Susanna Gallani,
Robert Huckman		 Spring
2025		 Q3 1.5
Turnarounds and Transformation Entrepreneurial Management, Organizational Behavior Ranjay Gulati Spring
2025		 Q3Q4 3.0
U Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
U.S. Healthcare Strategy General Management, Strategy Leemore S. Dafny Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent General Management Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie Spring
2025		 Q4 1.5
Unpacking the US-China Rivalry General Management Andy Zelleke Fall
2024		 Q1 1.5
V Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Venture Capital and Private Equity Entrepreneurial Management Jo Tango,
Archie L. Jones		 Fall
2024		 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,
Kevin Mohan		 Fall
2024		 Q1Q2 3.0
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