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General Management

General Management

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Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors Doctoral Students

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
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Willy Shih, Derek van Bever Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Intensive (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Willy Shih Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Willy Shih Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Building Trusted Organizations Sandra Sucher Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Benjamin N. Roth, Natalia Rigol Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under Marketing) Anita Elberse Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) (also listed under Marketing) Kash Rangan, Benjamin N. Roth, Natalia Rigol Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy) Debora L. Spar Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Michael S. Kaufman, Andy Pforzheimer Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management) Robert Simons Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under Organizational Behavior) Lynn Paine Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) Andy Zelleke Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Crucibles of Crisis Leadership Nancy Koehn Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty William Kirby Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Energy Dustin Tingley Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy and Entrepreneurial Management) Geoffrey Jones Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Satish Tadikonda Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Business of the Arts (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Rohit Deshpande, Henry McGee Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Regina Herzlinger, Ben Creo Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Regina Herzlinger, Ben Creo Fall
2025
Q2 1.5
Field Course: Investing for Impact (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Archie L. Jones, Emily R. McComb, Brian Trelstad, Gerald Chertavian Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems (also listed under Finance and Entrepreneurial Management) John Dionne Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie January
2026
J 3.0
IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Vikram Gandhi January
2026
J 3.0
IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub Amy Schulman, Nitin Nohria January
2026
J 3.0
Innovating in Health Care (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Regina Herzlinger, Ben Creo Fall
2025
Q1 1.5
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) John Batter Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
John Batter Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership and Happiness Arthur Brooks Spring
2025
Q3 1.5
The Moral Leader Joseph Badaracco Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Mitchell Weiss Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) Gerald Chertavian, Brian Trelstad Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
The Spiritual Lives of Leaders Nien-hê Hsieh, Derek van Bever Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship John Jong-Hyun Kim Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
U.S. Healthcare Strategy (also listed under Strategy) Leemore S. Dafny Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy) Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie Fall
2025
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:
PhD in Organizational Behavior
PhD in Business Administration, Strategy

Executive Education

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16–21 JUN 2025
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