COURSE
NUMBER: MBA292A.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 attendance &
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 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.