COURSE NUMBER:
MBA298A.3B
Please note that there is no drop/add
period for this course.
This is an Applied Innovation
elective and has a co-requisite core course: MBA200P Problem-Finding, Problem
Solving. If you enroll and have not completed MBA200P, PFPS will be added to
your schedule after the Add/Drop period.
COURSE TITLE: International Business
Development: Technology
UNITS OF CREDIT: 2 units (in the fall
students will also receive 1 additional unit of credit)
LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Kristi Raube, Executive Director, International Business
Development Program
FACULTY MENTOR: Whitney Hischier
E-MAIL ADDRESSES: hischier@haas.berkeley.edu
CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: http://bcourses.berkeley.edu
MEETING DATES: Spring B only, 3/16-5/4
PREREQUISITE(S): First-year full-time MBA
students only.
Students must be available from May
13 - June 2, 2017 to travel for work in the field. No exceptions will be
granted.
There are no regular class meetings in
the fall. However, students must participate in the day-long IBD
Conference on Friday, September 15, 2017. The only exception for missing the
fall IBD Conference is for those students going on exchange.
CLASS FORMAT: Mix of lectures, exercises,
and group work
BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: Assignments,
participation, and final project
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this course is to provide
students with a cutting-edge experiential learning course that prepares them to
solve real-world business problems and emphasizes innovative leader skills in
international settings. This course fulfills the applied innovation requirement
for the MBA.
By the end of the course, students will
have:
·
learned and
refined consulting skills;
·
developed insights
into another culture;
·
applied the
business principles learned in core classes to a real-world global setting;
·
developed industry
knowledge in a focused area;
·
worked in a
dynamic team environment.
The IBD course is divided into four
sections. The “Technology” section will consist of four projects from a variety
of business sectors, companies/organizations, and geographies around the world
– all addressing an issue related to technology. All four IBD sections will
meet together during the same class period.
Before being assigned to a project,
students will be asked to rank four IBD projects included in the “Technology”
section. Project assignments will be based on student preferences, project
needs, and client wishes. Every effort will be made to balance these
(sometimes) competing priorities.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Whitney Hischier has
spent most of her career in change management and system implementation consulting,
primarily on international assignments. She has worked for KPMG in the
Netherlands and UK, ABN Amro Bank in
Portugal and Spain and the Endeavor Initiative, on projects in Chile and
Argentina. Following an undergrad degree focused on security and arms control,
she worked with NATO for ten summers to run presidential-level conferences on
European security issues in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany, and Russia.
Whitney was the Berkeley-Haas Assistant Dean in charge of the Center for
Executive Education for eight years. She now spends much of her time consulting
to domestic and international clients on human capital challenges and designing
educational programs to help solve them. Major international clients include
Statoil and DNV (Norwegian), the Panama Canal, and universities in Russia,
Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Whitney serves as a faculty mentor in
the IBD program. She holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford
University and an MBA from Haas with a Certificate in Healthcare Management.