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About the GSB

 

Key Areas We Teach

We believe there are four critical components necessary to a complete general management education, and the Business School has created centers to focus work around these four areas.

 

[photo - Students in Bishop Auditorium during Al Gore visit]

Reinventing Management Education

Prof. Garth Saloner describes the philosophy behind the School's academic centers. [icon - video] Video File (1 minute)

Leadership

Center for Leadership Development and Research
Founded 2003

Co-Directors
Charles O'Reilly and David Kreps

Executive Director
Michael Hochleutner

Director, Leadership Labs
Evelyn Williams

Taking full responsibility for changing an organization for the better is a key component. To develop this skill, students must understand their own strengths and weaknesses and learn how to motivate and inspire others. We believe that organizational leadership is a noble pursuit.

Entrepreneurship

Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Founded 1996

Co-Directors
H. Irving Grousbeck, Charles Holloway, and Garth Saloner

Executive Director
Linda Wells

Entrepreneurship is our way of addressing the issues faced by all general managers, the need to understand how organizations operate and how specific management functions fit together, whether in a newly-founded firm or an existing organization. For over 40 years we have produced graduates with a sense of ownership and a bias toward innovation.

Global Awareness

Center for Global Business and the Economy
Founded 2004

Director
John Roberts

Executive Director
Margot Sutherland

A key is to succeeding in the global economy is knowing what it takes to be a world-class organization and how to build one that spans multiple countries, cultures, and economic or political systems. We want to ensure that all our graduates clearly understand the significance of the globalization of the world’s economies, are attuned to the challenges of operating businesses in this atmosphere, and are prepared to lead their organizations to success in the international environment.

Social Innovation

Center for Social Innovation
Founded 2004

Co-Directors
Dale T. Miller and James A. Phills Jr.

Executive Director
Kriss Deiglmeier

Director
Julie Juergens

Modern leaders must be aware that businesses are not only economic institutions but social institutions with responsibilities that extend beyond financial considerations. To be profitable in the long term, businesses and their leaders must continue to earn the trust and confidence of society. We must teach students about the social impact that they and their organizations can have in areas such as education, health care, and other social purposes and support research and thinking in these areas.