COURSE NUMBER: MBA 292A.1

COURSE TITLE: Strategy and Leadership for Social Impact

UNITS OF CREDIT: 2 units

INSTRUCTOR: Ben Mangan and Colin Boyle

E-MAIL ADDRESS: mangan@haas.berkeley.edu & colin_boyle@haas.berkeley.edu   

PREREQUISITE(S): None for MBAs

CLASS FORMAT: Lectures, cases and guest speakers 

REQUIRED READINGS: Cases, selected articles and texts

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: Final grades will be based upon class participation, short interim writing assignments, peer feedback and a final project

CAREER FIELD: Nonprofit and Social Venture Leadership, as well as board service on nonprofits and social ventures

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: This course serves as a core introduction to social impact classes at Haas. Using a wide range of US and international cases, the class prepares students to manage the complexity of social and economic problems that leaders face. Students are also trained in how to develop strategy in highly complex operating environments – including the overlapping landscapes of NGOs, social ventures, business and government.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:
Colin Boyle: Colin is the first Deputy Director of UCSF Global Health Sciences (GHS), dedicated to improving health and reducing disease worldwide. Colin joined UCSF after 15 years with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he was a partner and managing director leading many of the firm’s social impact projects. Before BCG, he worked at Partnership for Organ Donation in Boston as a site team specialist and for Corporate Decisions in Boston as an associate. Colin has worked extensively in global health, business management and strategy development and is currently on the board of the Oakland Museum of California. Colin is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. 

Ben Mangan: Ben is Executive Director and Lecturer at the Center for Social Sector Leadership (CSSL) at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Ben has used the past 25 years to spark prosperity and possibility in new ways, teaching, leading a consulting practice for Ernst & Young, driving organizational strategy for the early micro-payments company, beenz.com, and co-founding and running EARN – the nation’s leading microsavings provider for low income Americans. Ben has been featured in Time Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek. He has won multiple awards, including the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award and the Fast Company Social Capitalist of the year Award. Ben is a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute’s Program on Financial Security, and a member of the Federal Reserve Board’s Community Advisory Council. Ben holds a BA from Vassar College and an MPP from Harvard’s Kennedy School.