Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The school offers a large full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, HBX and many executive education programs. It owns Harvard Business School Publishing, which publishes business books, leadership articles, online management tools for corporate learning, case studies, and the monthly Harvard Business Review.

History

The school started in 1908 under the humanities faculty, received independent status in 1910, and became a separate administrative unit in 1913. The first dean was historian Edwin Francis Gay (1867–1946).

Yogev (2001) explains the original concept:

Although the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania was the first business school in the United States in 1881, Harvard Business School was the first school to grant an MBA program in 1908. From the start the school enjoyed a close relationship with the corporate world. Within a few years of its founding many business leaders were its alumni and were hiring other alumni for starting positions in their firms.

Harvard Business X

Harvard Business X, or HBX, is an online learning initiative announced by the Harvard Business School in March 2014 to host online university-level courses initially focusing on college juniors or seniors as well as executives and managers in business. HBX will be enrolling 500 to 1,000 students when the initial cohort of admitted students, referred to as CORe launches in June.

Functionality and Organization

HBX will debut with three components: CORe (acronym for Credential for Readiness) which targets college juniors and seniors preparing for the job market, special elective courses by high profile faculty and HBX Live which is a virtual classroom experience. CORe students must apply for admissions and tuition cost is $1,500 for all three CORe classes. Bharat Anand is the faculty chair of HBX. Jana Kierstead is the executive director of HBX.

Courses

There are 6 courses announced to be offered: