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Video Overview of the MLD Area Courses and Pedagogy
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Strategic Management | Leadership | Decision Science | Negotiation | Urban and Civic Innovation | Organizing Civic, Political, and Social Action | Social Enterprise | Finance, Accounting, and Budgeting
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Fall Semester 2022 [ ** New links continue to be added; check back often.** ]
MLD-102 Getting Things Done: Management in a Development Context (Andrews)
MLD-125 Data-driven Public Management (Linos)
MLD-201 Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change (Chipungu & O’Brien)
MLD-204 Leadership from the Inside Out: The Capacity to Lead and Stay Alive –
Self, Identity, and Freedom–with a Focus on Anti-Black Racism and Sexism (Heifetz)
MLD-208 Moral Practice for Public Leadership (Robichaud)
MLD-215 Negotiation and Leadership: Essential Theory and Practice for Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness (Wilkinson)
MLD-220M Fundamentals of Negotiation Analysis* (Mandell & Minson)
(*MLD-220M is a required course in the MPP Core Curriculum; MPP1s only may enroll; no shopping)
MLD-223 Negotiating Across Differences (Hong)
MLD-236 Continuing Conflict: Old Challenges and new Debates (de Silva de Alwis)
MLD-322 The Art and Adventures of Public Leadership (Gergen)
MLD-340 Power and Influence for Positive Impact (Battilana)
MLD-355 Public Narrative (Ganz)
MLD-401M Financial Analysis of Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Iammartino)
MLD-411M Introduction to Budgeting and Financial Management (Iammartino)
MLD-421 Federal Budget Policy (Jackson)
MLD-427 Strategic Finance for Nonprofit Leaders (Honan)
MLD-515M Serving the Public Good: Planning for Career and Life (Freeland)
MLD-601 Operations Management (Fagan)
MLD-618 Leadership, Social Change, and its Challenges: Boston as a Case Study (Winship & Jackson)
MLD-630M Government Turnarounds (Liebman)
MLD-632M Transforming Public Interest Organizations (Freeland)
MLD-636 Managing Transformations in Healthcare (Glynn)
MLD-802M Nonprofit Management and Leadership (Arthur Brooks)
MLD-820M Strategies for Social Impact (Lee)
MLD-830 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors (Cavanagh)
January Term 2023
MLD-280 Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (Mandell)
Spring Semester 2023
API-222 Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics (Saghafian)
MLD-103M PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence (Andrews)
MLD-113M Strategy and Decision (Zimmerman)
MLD-201 Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change (O’Doherty)
MLD-215 Negotiation and Leadership: Essential Theory and Practice for Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness (Wilkinson)
MLD-234M Conducting Negotiation on the Frontlines (Bruderlein)
MLD-304 Science of Behavior Change (Rogers)
MLD-310 Behavioral Science for Inclusive Organizations (Bohnet)
MLD-375 Creating Justice in Real Time: Vision, Strategies and Campaigns (Cornell William Brooks)
MLD-377M Organizing: People, Power, Change (Ganz)
MLD-381 Mitigating and Managing a Crisis (Kayyem)
MLD-412 Greater Boston Applied Field Lab: Advanced Budgeting, Financial Management and Operations* (Bilmes)
*Watch a comprehensive video course preview of MLD-412 (click here)*
MLD 427 Strategic Finance for Nonprofit Leaders (Honan)
MLD-502 Developing People (O’Brien)
MLD-605 Service Delivery via Systems Thinking and Supply Chain Management (Fagan)
MLD-615M Mixed Methods Analytics for Leaders and Policy Makers (McKenna)
MLD-617M Effective Implementation: Learning from Effective Implementers (Hartmann & Butler)
MLD-620M The Data Smart City: Driving Innovation with Technology (Goldsmith)
MLD-831 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors – Business Plan Workshop (Cavanagh)
MLD-836M Social Entrepreneurship/Social Enterprise Deep Dive: How to Operationalize & Scale for Social Impact (Bildner & Khurana)