COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 296-2

COURSE TITLE: Team Initiated Innovative Leadership Course (TIIL)

UNITS OF CREDIT: 3 units

INSTRUCTOR: Frank Schultz, Ph.D.

E-MAIL ADDRESS: fschultz@haas.berkeley.edu

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION (HTTP URL): bspace

MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Tuesdays, 6-9:30pm

PREREQUISITE(S): EWMBA Core Curriculum

CLASS FORMAT: Student Projects, Lecture, Project Meetings

REQUIRED READINGS: Business Model Generation by Osterwalder and Pigneur. EWMBA 296-2 Course Reader

FINAL GRADE:Project Scope Document, Client Engagement Letter, Design Project, Project Plan Document, Final Presentation and Class Participation

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: Podcast
If you have a real-world project that you have been interested in pursuing with the guidance and support of Berkeley/Haas resources, EWMBA 296-2 may be the course for you. This course provides an opportunity for students to develop a team-based semester-long project of their design that qualifies as a Berkeley Innovative Leader Development (BILD) experiential learning exercise. BILD is a new Capabilities-Integrated Curriculum that is unique to the Haas School of Business. It was rolled out to incoming first year MBA students in the Fall of 2010 and focuses on developing ten competencies that students will need to lead the development of managerial innovations in their organizations.

A critical component of the BILD program at Haas is an Experiential Learning requirement. All MBA students who matriculate in the Fall of 2010 will be required to complete a BILD qualifying experiential learning course such as International Business Development, Social Sector Solutions or Work@Haas. All BILD qualifying courses involve the completion of a semester-long project. Although second- and third-year EWMBA students are NOT required to complete a BILD qualifying course in order to graduate, this course is being introduced in the Spring of 2011 to give interested students the chance to participate in a BILD experiential learning course prior to graduation.

Through this course, EWMBA 296-2, students will also be given the opportunity to pursue their own Team-Initiated Innovative Leadership (TIIL) project which they develop throughout the term and present to sponsoring executives at the end of the semester. All projects must be team-based requiring a high degree of task complexity and interdependency among team members. Individual and group projects do not qualify.

Prior to the first day of class, all teams will have had their innovative project idea pre-approved by the instructor and will have been fully constituted with team members. Each TIIL project will be comprised of four or five team members. Individual students who have a project idea should “market” that idea to other students in order to develop a team. Individual students who do not have a project idea but who are interested in participating in a TIIL project should notify the instructor of their interest so they can be connected with teams that might need an additional team member. Students will not be allowed add the course without having joined a team in advance. The Team-Initiated Innovative Leadership course will not be part of the normal course bidding process. Teams of students will apply for the course with a project description based on the following schedule: - Project description and three team member names due - Submitted projects reviewed - Accepted project teams notified - Deadline for commitment to course enrollment

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Frank Schultz is a Full-Time Lecturer in the Economic Analysis and Policy and Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Groups in the Haas School of Business. He joined the Haas School faculty from the state of Michigan where he has taught in the Executive MBA, Weekend/Evening MBA, Full-Time MBA and Undergraduate programs at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. His recent teaching has focused on Strategic Management and Leadership, but over the last sixteen years of teaching he has also taught Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Marketing and Sales Force Management. Frank's educational background includes an undergraduate degree in Accounting (Washington), an MBA in Finance (Michigan) and a Ph.D. in Strategic Management (Minnesota). Dr. Schultz's research interests focus on the strategic decision-making of CEOs and senior executives, the methods of balancing stakeholder interests and the manner in which the mental models of executives influence the evolution of firms and industries. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D., Frank's work experience included time with Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, ChevronTexaco and Pillsbury as well as two entrepreneurial ventures of his own. He has also completed consulting assignments for companies as diverse as a major homebuilder, a Swiss multinational manufacturer and numerous healthcare systems.