Entrepreneurship and Innovation Courses for Second-Year MBA Students: January Courses

Building Cultures of Innovation through Effective Leadership (GEN 8439A) One-week January Course
(R. Smelick, Visiting Lecturer)

• Explore leadership that is highly effective at building cultures of innovation using ten business cases
• Focus on how leaders can construct environments that encourage employees to search for innovative ways to improve the competitiveness of the enterprise, on a daily basis, without external direction and instruction
• Examine how these environments (“cultures”) can guide both strategic and executive decisions to optimize enterprise performance
• Discover why innovation is increasingly important, not only to technology companies, but also to companies across a broad spectrum of industries

Entrepreneur as Change Agent (ENTRE 8427) One-week January Course
(G. Fairchild)

• Understand the challenges entrepreneurs face in effecting change in their environments
• Appreciate the interaction of forces that foster entrepreneurial action
• Appreciate the personal competencies required to create change across sectors and students’ own competencies in these areas
• Understand the factors that interact to create economic value and a personal understanding of the opportunities within these spheres

Leadership & Theatre: Ethics, Innovation & Creativity (ETH 8403A) One-week January Course
(E. Freeman)

• Build leadership, ethical analysis, and performance skills
• Better understand and put into practice team building, leadership, and the dynamics of collaborative work
• Build and enhance your creativity and innovation skills
• Enjoy reading and performing great theatre