Stanford GSB

Organizational Behavior examines human psychology, power dynamics, and group behavior within organizations. It’s designed to help students influence outcomes without relying on formal authority.

Key Topics Covered:
•    Motivation and engagement
•    Organizational culture
•    Leadership styles
•    Team effectiveness
•    Influence and power

Although Entrepreneurs hate excessive analysis, the reality is that CEOs and managers, who focus on day-to-day operations, need data in a structured format to make complex decisions. The course teaches you the fundamentals of analyzing decisions and financial models.

By understanding the strengths and weaknesses of Quantitative models, your decisions will not be limited by the extensive data models, nor by the understanding that humans have limited ability to capture all the data before making decisions.

Microeconomics helps students understand how market forces affect managerial decision-making. The course introduces fundamental economic principles such as supply and demand, pricing mechanisms, and game theory. It’s designed to teach managers how markets work, and how to work within them strategically.

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Stanford Graduate School of Business was one of the pioneers in experiential learning. This course applies the principles of a video game, where Business Simulation becomes harder and harder as the student progresses each round. 

With the course, students will have the chance to recognize skills that have the most influence in a team setting and enable them to reach the ‘revered’ executive position. 

This core develops the ability to lead high-performing teams and manage complex group dynamics.

Students explore real-world scenarios of group collaboration—both effective and dysfunctional—and learn how to intervene as leaders. The course incorporates role plays, simulations, and feedback-intensive sessions.

The ethics in Management course has been rebranded to Leading with Values. 

Post-2008 Financial crisis, MBAs were labeled as the “Wall Street Crooks,” even worse, one of Stanford’s MBA, was sentenced to a 9-year jail term for profiting his company a whopping $276 million in a single transaction through insider trading. It is not just that he profited through unethical means. He even lied his way through MBA Admissions.

Finance II offers a chance to specialize, and for investment professionals, the Capital Markets track is especially relevant. 

Topics include:
•    How securities are issued (IPOs, bond offerings)
•    How secondary markets function
•    Market microstructure and liquidity analysis
•    The impact of global financial crises on asset pricing