COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 290H-1

NOTES:
Course is cross listed with the Full-time MBA Program. 
***There is no add/drop period for this course.***

Projects to be announced. Please check the website (haasatwork.berkeley.edu) or contact the program manager (Susan Mendel at smendel@haas.berkeley.edu) for details.

COURSE TITLE: Haas@Work

UNITS OF CREDIT: 3 units

INSTRUCTOR: Clark Kellogg & Dave Rochlin

E-MAIL ADDRESS: clark@haas.berkeley.edu, drochlin@haas.berkeley.edu

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION:  http://haasatwork.berkeley.edu/for-students/applied-innovation-course/    Video available at http://haasatwork.berkeley.edu/for-students/applied-innovation-course/#video

MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: (Please note that there is no add/drop period for this course.) Wednesdays 6:00-9:30 PM. Additional client meetings outside of class to be scheduled.

PREREQUISITE(S): EW200P: Problem Finding, Problem Solving/EW290T: Applied Innovation

CLASS FORMAT: Mixture of lecture, group work/ breakouts, and client deliverable meetings

REQUIRED READINGS: Project specific info, course reader, and text book 

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: Project work, team performance, class participation

CAREER FIELD: This course develops tools and techniques to identify opportunity, build innovative solutions, and drive change in large organizations.  It is useful for those contemplating moving into large companies, looking to consult to them, or interested in hands-on experience making innovation happen.  

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
Are you interested in design thinking and strategy consulting? Do you want "real-world" experience where you can learn skills you can apply to your career while still being in a safe learning environment? Then Haas@Work is for you.

Haas@Work is a popular project based course that gives students an opportunity to work with a very select group of prominent companies, to address significant business innovation challenges. During the term, teams of students develop recommendations to address a growth or innovation issue impacting the performance of one of the participating companies.
Students follow a proven design-thinking innovation methodology which includes insight development, concept generation, business modeling, and pilot/experimentation design. 

The teams work closely with company executives during all phases of the work, and the strongest recommendations are typically added to the client's business roadmap for implementation, often with the help of some of the students from the course. 

Along the way, students learn tools that will help them think more innovatively, and better approach the ambiguous strategic challenges that they will encounter in their careers. These tools include: analyzing industry trends and competitive space, challenging established industry practices, identifying core competences, uncovering unmet customer needs,  leading teams in developing a range of options, evaluating and selecting among possible options, and putting in place low risk implementation plans. This course is a great way to gain experience in strategic consulting, as well as design-thinking, which makes this a unique course for students to take during their time at Haas.

Important notes:
Student project preference is taken into account in building project teams, and while we have a 90%+ success rate in accommodating student interests, there is a chance you will not get assigned to your top choice.

 For each project, there will be 3-4 formal client workshops/presentations outside of normal Wednesday evening class hours, in addition to the normal outside work and coordination needed to manage your client, the deliverables, and your team responsibilities. 

Once assigned a project, you will be required to sign an NDA and IP waiver.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Dave Rochlin
http://haasatwork.berkeley.edu/about-us/the-hw-team/

Clark Kellogg
http://haasatwork.berkeley.edu/about-us/the-hw-team/