Experiential Action Learning
Stanford GSB is developing a new set of experiential courses to provide immersive, hands-on learning experiences that enable students to address real-world issues in partnership with companies and organizations. This pilot program launches in academic year 2019–20 with three courses that will focus on analytics for social problem solving, innovative product management, and technology commercialization.
Academic-Practitioner Model
The Business School Fund is strengthening the ecosystem for collaborative teaching that will enhance our renowned academic-practitioner model. These courses partner tenure-line faculty and experts from industry. These partnerships cultivate a strong ethos of cooperation and benefit students by providing timely practical insights into everyday business challenges combined with world-class academic research.
Beyond Disruption: Entrepreneurial Leadership Within Existing Organizations is co-taught by Charles A. O’Reilly III, the Frank E. Buck Professor of Management, and Amy Wilkinson, a lecturer in management. With firsthand insights from creators within big corporations, the course seeks to help students understand which approaches to innovation work, which don’t, and what it takes to help organizations nimbly stay ahead of disruptive threats and avoid problems that lead to decline.
“Whether you’re in the C-suite or middle management, these skills will help you innovate and navigate inside a larger organization,” says Wilkinson. By complementing GSB scholarship with exceptional business minds, students gain timely, relevant learning experiences.