COURSE
NUMBER: MBA298A.3B
Please note that there is no drop/add period for
this course.
COURSE
TITLE: International Business Development: Technology
UNITS
OF CREDIT: 2 units (in the fall students will also receive 1 additional unit of
credit)
FACULTY
MENTOR: Whitney Hischier
E-MAIL
ADDRESSES: hischier@haas.berkeley.edu
CLASS
WEB PAGE LOCATION: http://bcourses.berkeley.edu
MEETING
DAY(S)/TIME: Thursdays, 8:00 – 11:00 AM – Spring B (March 15 to end of
semester)
PREREQUISITE(S):
First-year full-time MBA students only.
Students must be available
from May 12 - June 1, 2018 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 14, 2018. 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.