Disruptive Strategy Syllabus
Disruptive Strategy Syllabus
Disruptive Strategy Syllabus
Harvard Business School Online leverages technology and multimedia to deliver engaging online learning experiences to
business leaders around the world. Disruptive Strategy is an online program p
roviding world-renowned tools and frameworks
for growth, strategy, and innovation.
• WR Hambrecht and the Google IPO: A New Approach • Identify the three types of innovation and
Module 1
• The Walt Disney Company: Expanding the Theme • Focus on what causes your customers to buy
Park Business your products and why
Team Project
Module 2
Discovering
• The Godrej Group: Understanding Refrigeration • Achieve differentiation, better margins, and
Customer Jobs Needs in India avoid disruption
to be Done
• Minute Clinic: A New Approach to Healthcare
Delivery
• Nypro, Inc.: Seeking Growth Through a New Product • Identify what your organization can do and
Jobs To Be Done
Module 3
Line cannot do
Interview
Organizing
• Charles Schwab: Trading in the New World of Internet • Align your resources, processes, and profit
for Innovation formula to develop an innovative culture and
• EMC: Merging Competing Products Through
an Acquisition position your business for growth
• Music Industry: Producing and Performing in a New Age • Build a strong intuition to “skate” to where
Module 4
Maintaining • MediaTek: Expanding Accessibility to New Technolo- profit will be as your industry evolves
a Disruptive gies in Asia • Determine which operations are
Scope critical to be done in-house and which opera-
tions can be out-sourced
• OnStar: General Motor’s New Innovation • Effectively balance the deliberate and emer-
Managing
Module 5
• Netflix: The Evolution of Home Entertainment gent strategy processes to unlock innovation
the Strategy within your organization
Development • Sears, IBM, and AOL: Understanding Internet
Consumption During the Boom of the Digital Age • Determine which “type” of money will em-
Process power new business ideas to flourish
Final Paper
After you have completed all five modules, you will be required to complete the Conclusion Module and submit
Conclusion a Final Paper Assignment. The final paper is a solo project. The objective of this paper is to provide a vehicle
to display your mastery of the theories and principles taught during the six weeks of Disruptive Strategy.