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#Required Curriculum - MBA - Harvard Business School Required Curriculum, Term 1 Course DescriptionsFinance 1This course examines the role of finance in supporting the functional areas of a firm, and fosters an understanding of how financial decisions themselves can create value. Topics covered include:
Financial Reporting and Control (FRC)Recognizing that accounting is the primary channel for communicating information about the economics of a business, this course provides a broad view of how accounting contributes to an organization. Students will gain:
Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise. The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context of:
The intermediate modules look at successful leaders in action to see how they:
The final module introduces a model for strategic career management. MarketingThe objectives of this course are to demonstrate the role of marketing in the company; to explore the relationship of marketing to other functions; and to show how effective marketing builds on a thorough understanding of buyer behavior to create value for customers. Students learn how to:
Technology and Operations Management (TOM)This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as well as the creation and delivery of services. Topics encompass:
FIELD FoundationsLeadership Intelligence: FIELD Foundations engages small teams in interactive workshops—held in new flexible classrooms called hives —that reshape how students think, act, and see themselves. Through team feedback and self-reflection, participants deepen their emotional intelligence and develop a growing awareness of their own leadership styles. FIELD 2Global Intelligence: FIELD 2 immerses student teams in emerging markets, requiring them to develop a new product or service concept for global partner organizations around the world. Required Curriculum Term 2 Course DescriptionsBusiness, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE)This course introduces tools for studying the economic environment of business to help managers understand the implications for their companies. Students will learn the impact of:
An examination of both the gains and problems arising from regional global integration covers:
StrategyThe objective of this course is to help students develop the skills for formulating strategy. It provides an understanding of:
Students learn to:
Particular attention is paid to competitive positioning; understanding comparative costs; and addressing issues such as cannibalization, network externalities, and globalization. The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM)This course addresses the issues faced by managers who wish to turn opportunity into viable organizations that create value, and empowers students to develop their own approaches, guidelines, and skills for being entrepreneurial managers. The course teaches students how to:
Finance IIThis course builds on the foundation developed in Finance I, focusing on three sets of managerial decisions:
The Finance II course is divided into four blocks of material:
Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA)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. FIELD 3Integrative Intelligence: FIELD 3 brings the entire first-year experience together by challenging students to synthesize the knowledge, skills, and tools acquired in the RC within a real microbusiness they must design and launch themselves.
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