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GSBGEN 111Q: Seminar in Entrepreneurial Communication

College campuses have been the incubators for thousands of new business ventures. What makes the difference between a successful entrepreneur and an initial failure out of the gate? It's often not the quality of the idea, but rather the ability of the entrepreneurs to successfully communicate their vision to potential investors, employees, and customers. This seminar will explore successful and failed entrepreneurial communication. Students will learn the basics of persuasive oral and written communication, and then apply these principles to their own ideas.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Schramm, J. (PI)

GSBGEN 299: The Core Curriculum in the Workplace

GSB students are eligible to report on work experience that is relevant to their core studies under the direction of the Senior Associate Dean responsible for the MBA Program. Registration for this work must be approved by the Director of the MBA Program and is limited to students who present a project which, in judgment of the Advisor, may be undertaken to enhance the material learned in the first year core required courses. It is expected that this research be carried on by the student with a large degree of independence and the expected result is a written report, due at the end of the quarter in which the course is taken. Because this course runs through the summer, reports are typically due in early October. Units earned for this course do not meet the requirements needed for graduation.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 6 units total)
Instructors: Rajan, M. (PI)

GSBGEN 315: Strategic Communication

Business leaders have marketing strategies, expansion strategies, finance strategies, even exit strategies. Successful leaders, however, also have communication strategies. This course will explore how individuals and organizations can develop and execute effective communication strategies for a variety of business settings.nnnThis course introduces the essentials of communication strategy and persuasion: audience analysis, communicator credibility, message construction and delivery. Deliverables will include written documents and oral presentations and you will present both individually and in a team. You will receive feedback to improve your communication effectiveness. In the final team presentation, your challenge is to craft an oral presentation that will persuade your audience to accept your strategic recommendations. By doing this, you will see why ideas, data and advocacy are combined for a professional, persuasive presentation. nnnThis practical course helps students develop confidence in their speaking and writing through weekly presentations and assignments, lectures and discussions, guest speakers, simulated activities, and videotaped feedback. An important new feature of this course is that a team of external communications coaches work in concert with the professor to ensure that students get rigorous and individualized coaching and feedback.nnnIn this course you will learn to:nnn- Create communication strategies at an individual and organizational levelnn- Develop clearly organized and effective presentations and documentsnn- Diagnose and expand your personal writing and oral delivery style nn- Adapt your delivery style to different material and audiences nn- Enhance oral delivery through effective visual aidsnnnStudents at all levels of comfort and expertise with public speaking and business writing will benefit from this course. In the 2012-2013 academic year this course will only be offered once in the winter and once in the spring term. Waitlists have been long for this course and you're encouraged to keep that in mind as you make your super round selections.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Schramm, J. (PI)

GSBGEN 359: Leading Your Life

This course takes conventional managerial perspectives on the "strategic leadership" of organizations and applies them to the design and management of your life. Fundamental notions of "purpose" and "vision" are translated to the personal level in the form of "dreams" and "aspirations." Basic elements of strategy such as "scope" and "competitive advantage" are applied to help you evaluate fundamental choices about how you lead your life. Constructs such as "priorities," "commitments" and "resource allocation" all have analogues in individual life - as does the core objective of performance and success. The class begins with a hard-nosed and broad-based self-assessment of the quality of your life along a variety of dimensions including relationships, career, money, spirituality and health. Based on this assessment you will develop a strategy and a set of concrete goals for enhancing the quality of your life in targeted domains. The course consists of five intensive sessions designed to help you develop the skills and knowledge- but more importantly the insight and capacity - to be more strategic (in best sense of the term) and effective in how you lead your personal and professional life - meaning actively guiding, stewarding, and driving your results to create a life that is truly exceptional. Substantively, the course draws on a variety of different traditions including existential, humanistic, and positive psychology; personal growth, adult development, and the human potential movement; as well as the practice of life and executive coaching. Central themes and learning objectives include: * The development of self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-control * An understanding of the power of choice and "authoring" one's life * The essential role of dreams and aspirations * The art and discipline of knowing and speaking your truth * The challenges and self-limiting impact of negative thoughts and self-theories * Developing a stance towards oneself and others that is rooted in grace and wisdom NB: While we expect the class to be helpful and of interest to a wide range of students, it involves a substantial commitment of time and emotional and intellectual energy. It is not for the faint of heart or those who are ambivalent about introspection, feedback, or constructive confrontation.nnnIMPORTANT NOTE: Attendance at the first class meeting on Friday, April 5th is mandatory.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Phills, J. (PI) ; Jordan, G. (SI)

GSBGEN 376: Work and Family

This course examines the strategies that highly educated women and men use to combine work and family and the strategies that managers and policy makers can use to help others strike a balance. Topics include the tradeoffs in becoming a stay-at-home parent, the economic value of unpaid labor, the consequences of balancing two high-powered careers and children, the economics of marriage, fertility, child care, and elder care, the gendered division of labor in the home, time-management , workplace innovations, and policy initiatives. Guest speakers add their own perspectives on these issues and describe the roles their organizations play.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Rhode, D. (PI)

GSBGEN 380: Real Estate Private Equity Investing

This course is intended for any student interested in a career in managing, developing, or investing in real estate. The course covers cases involving the perspectives of general partners and limited partners; the attributes of successful real property investment firms; analyses of investment portfolios and individual transactions, primarily in the private equity real estate category. Cases will be global.nn nnObjectives include:nnnHow to construct a private real estate portfolio;nnHow to assess the risks in projects and portfolios;nnHow to perform relative value analyses of differing investments;nnHow to manage troubled investments (when to "hold 'em and when to fold 'em").nnnThe course is divided into three modules with special emphasis on real estate financial analysis for transactions and portfolios. The first module will focus on portfolio construction issues and how to quantify whether the investor has been successful. The second module will focus on underwriting individual transactions and applying a relative value construct in determining the more attractive investments. The third module will focus on the management of troubled investments, including deciding when to "double down" and how to protect investments already in place.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Gerardo Lietz, N. (PI)

GSBGEN 390: Individual Research

Need approval from sponsoring faculty member and GSB Registrar. There is a limit on the number of units in courses of independent study that may be applied toward degree requirements.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1-4 | Repeatable 4 times (up to 8 units total)
Instructors: Aaker, J. (PI) ; Abbey, D. (PI) ; Admati, A. (PI) ; Barnett, W. (PI) ; Barth, M. (PI) ; Bayati, M. (PI) ; Benkard, L. (PI) ; Berk, J. (PI) ; Bernstein, S. (PI) ; Beshears, J. (PI) ; Beyer, A. (PI) ; Bimpikis, K. (PI) ; Binsbergen, J. (PI) ; Blankespoor, E. (PI) ; Bowen, R. (PI) ; Brady, D. (PI) ; Breon-Drish, B. (PI) ; Brest, P. (PI) ; Bulow, J. (PI) ; Burgelman, R. (PI) ; Callander, S. (PI) ; Casey, K. (PI) ; Chess, R. (PI) ; Child, M. (PI) ; Ciesinski, S. (PI) ; DeMarzo, P. (PI) ; Dees, G. (PI) ; Duffie, D. (PI) ; Feinberg, Y. (PI) ; Ferguson, J. (PI) ; Flynn, F. (PI) ; Foster, G. (PI) ; Gardete, P. (PI) ; Goldberg, A. (PI) ; Grenadier, S. (PI) ; Guttentag, B. (PI) ; Guttman, I. (PI) ; Hannan, M. (PI) ; Hartmann, W. (PI) ; Hasan, S. (PI) ; Hatfield, J. (PI) ; Heath, C. (PI) ; Hennessey, K. (PI) ; Holloway, C. (PI) ; Iancu, D. (PI) ; Imbens, G. (PI) ; Ishii, J. (PI) ; Jenter, D. (PI) ; Jha, S. (PI) ; Jones, C. (PI) ; Kasznik, R. (PI) ; Kessler, D. (PI) ; Khan, U. (PI) ; Korteweg, A. (PI) ; Koudijs, P. (PI) ; Kramer, R. (PI) ; Krehbiel, K. (PI) ; Kreps, D. (PI) ; Lambert, N. (PI) ; Larcker, D. (PI) ; Lattin, J. (PI) ; Laurin, K. (PI) ; Lazear, E. (PI) ; Lee, C. (PI) ; Lee, H. (PI) ; Levav, J. (PI) ; Levine, P. (PI) ; Lowery, B. (PI) ; Malhotra, N. (PI) ; Marinovic, I. (PI) ; McDonald, J. (PI) ; McNichols, M. (PI) ; Meehan, B. (PI) ; Mendelson, H. (PI) ; Miller, D. (PI) ; Monin, B. (PI) ; Mullen, E. (PI) ; Nagel, S. (PI) ; Nair, H. (PI) ; Narayanan, S. (PI) ; Neale, M. (PI) ; O'Reilly, C. (PI) ; Ostrovsky, M. (PI) ; Oyer, P. (PI) ; Patell, J. (PI) ; Perez-Gonzalez, F. (PI) ; Pfeffer, J. (PI) ; Pfleiderer, P. (PI) ; Phills, J. (PI) ; Piotroski, J. (PI) ; Plambeck, E. (PI) ; Rajan, M. (PI) ; Rao, H. (PI) ; Rauh, J. (PI) ; Reguant-Rido, M. (PI) ; Reichelstein, S. (PI) ; Reicher, D. (PI) ; Reiss, P. (PI) ; Rice, C. (PI) ; Rosen, H. (PI) ; Sahni, N. (PI) ; Saloner, G. (PI) ; Schramm, J. (PI) ; Seiler, S. (PI) ; Shaw, K. (PI) ; Shiv, B. (PI) ; Shotts, K. (PI) ; Siegelman, R. (PI) ; Simonson, I. (PI) ; Singleton, K. (PI) ; Skrzypacz, A. (PI) ; Sorensen, J. (PI) ; Soule, S. (PI) ; Strebulaev, I. (PI) ; Sugaya, T. (PI) ; Swinney, R. (PI) ; Tiedens, L. (PI) ; Tormala, Z. (PI) ; Wein, L. (PI) ; Whang, S. (PI) ; Wheeler, S. (PI) ; Yurukoglu, A. (PI) ; Zenios, S. (PI) ; Zwiebel, J. (PI)

GSBGEN 507: Impact Investing: Strategies and Tools

This course will explore how investment capital and financial tools can be applied to deliver both financial returns and impact (benefit) for our communities and environment. The class will be organized around a set of guest lectures from impact investing firms across a spectrum of investment strategies & returns expectations. nnnThrough these examples, we'll explore how impact investing is applying the basics of investing to different objectives:nn- arbitraging market inefficienciesnn- valuing and pricing risknn- determining how each party in a transaction may see the value created on different scales and aligning these objectivesnn- the role of public policy in these marketsnnnThe class will emphasis applying these concepts and examples to create, in groups, your own impact investment fund or instrument.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1
Instructors: Chen, D. (PI)

GSBGEN 515: Essentials of Strategic Communication

Successful leaders understand the power of authentic, memorable communication.nnnThis course uses the lens of oral communication and presentations, to introduce the essential elements of the strategic communication strategies that make authentic, memorable communication work.nnnFocusing on oral communication and presentation, we introduce the essentials of communication strategy and persuasion: audience analysis, message construction, communicator credibility, and delivery.nnnDeliverables include written documents, focusing on individual and team presentations, with students receiving continuous feedback to improve their communication effectiveness, and to sharpen their authentic leadership voice.nn nnThis highly interactive, practical course, is focused on feedback to help students at all levels of communication mastery develop confidence in their speaking and writing. Course includes presentations, assignments, lectures, discussions, simulated activities, in-class feedback, and filmed feedback.nn nnIn this course you will learn to:nn-Recognize strategically effective communicationnn-Implement the principles of strategic communication across different platformsnn-Develop clearly organized and effective presentations and documentsnn-Diagnose and expand, your personal authentic communication stylennnSelect the course format that will best meet your needs: autumn term offers a new immersive experience, in a compressed version of the course, in the winter a half-term version is offered, and in the spring the full term format is offered. All versions of the course offer the same opportunities for individual and group presentations and feedback with approximately the same amount of class time spread over two weeks (fall), five weeks (winter), or ten weeks (spring). As you make your super round selection, keep in mind that waitlists have been long for this course.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 2
Instructors: Abrahams, M. (PI) ; Lang, M. (PI)

GSBGEN 521: Managing Under Uncertainty

Uncertainty with changing opportunity shapes investment planning whether in financial firms, corporations or entities such as pension funds, venture capital and private equity, and, in particular, in non-traded assets or securities. We will develop an approach to understanding (1) capital allocation issues; (2) capital structure planning; (3) optimization policies with changing opportunity sets and adjustment costs; and, (4) the selection of levels of risk taking. These relate to what is needed to manage uncertainty. The following three areas: (1) developing feedback mechanisms to assist planning; (2) reporting mechanisms for management and investors; and, (3) compensation planning and business structure, relate to managerial effectiveness under uncertainty. These internal risks must be integrated with external risks such as geopolitical issues and fiscal and monetary policies in a global setting.nnnI plan to introduce each of these from my theoretical and applied perspective. I will provide selective reading on each topic and a list of questions to provide follow on discussion. Students will work with me to flesh out not only the answers to these questions, but also provide additional questions and discover additional readings that are germane to expanding understanding and to following developments in each of these areas.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2
Instructors: Scholes, M. (PI)
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