COURSE NUMBER: MBA298A.4B
Please note that there is no drop/add period for this course.

COURSE TITLE: International Business Development: Wild Card

UNITS OF CREDIT: 2 units (in the fall students will also receive 1 additional unit of credit)

FACULTY MENTOR: Frank Schultz

E-MAIL ADDRESSES: fschultz@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, 20178 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, 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.