COURSE NUMBER: MBA298A.4B
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: Wild Card
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: Frank Schultz
E-MAIL ADDRESSES: fschultz@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, 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 “Wild Card” section will consist of four projects from a variety
of business sectors, companies/organizations, and geographies around the world.
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 “Wild Card” 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:
Frank Schultz, Ph.D. is a faculty member
in the Management of Organizations and Economic Analysis and Policy groups in
the Haas School of Business. He teaches courses in Competitive Strategy and
Leadership, as well as leading International Seminars to Brazil and China. He
also serves as a faculty mentor for the International Business Development
Program. Frank’s teaching has consistently placed him in Haas Club Six for
outstanding teaching. He is a past University of California Faculty Teaching
Fellow as well as a recipient of the Haas School’s Earl F. Cheit
Award for Excellence in Teaching.
His
educational background includes a B.A. in Accounting from the University of
Washington, an MBA in Finance/General Management from the University of
Michigan and a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Minnesota.
Prior to pursuing his Ph.D., he worked in a variety of functional areas for
Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Chevron and Pillsbury.