Course Information – Offerings in the MLD Curricular Area

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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

**The schedule for live, pre-semester course preview sessions with the faculty instructors is posted on the HKS website here.**

Fall Semester 2026    [ ** Last updated: 7/23/2026; Site may continue to be updated during the academic year** ]

MLD-102              Getting Things Done: Management in a Development Context (Andrews)

MLD-125              What Works in Public Sector Management (Linos)

MLD-201              Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change (Chipungu and O’Brien)

MLD-215              Negotiation and Leadership: Essential Theory and Practice for Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness (Wilkinson)

MLD-220M          Fundamentals of Negotiation Analysis* (Mandell, Minson, & Giannone)

                                       (*MLD-220M is a required course in the MPP Core Curriculum; MPP1s only may enroll)

MLD-223             Negotiating Across Differences (Hong)

MLD-304             Science of Behavior Change (Rogers; Not offered AY27)

MLD-355             Public Narrative (ElRaheb; course developed by Marshall Ganz)

MLD-371              AI and Civil Society: Human Agency in the Age of Artificial Agents (McKenna)

MLD-381              Mitigating and Managing a Crisis (Kayyem)

MLD-401M          Financial Analysis of Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Shin)

MLD-411M          Introduction to Budgeting and Financial Management (Bilmes)

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-630M         Government Turnarounds (Liebman)

MLD-638M        Remaking the Civil Service: Governance, Politics, and Performance (Gordon)

MLD-830            Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors (Cavanagh)

 

January Term 2027

MLD-202M             Leadership from the Inside Out: The Capacity to Lead and Stay Alive–Self, Identity, and Freedom (Heifetz)

MLD-280                Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (Mandell)

MLD-321M             How to Empower Black Leaders (Livingston)

MLD-340M            Power and Influence for Positive Impact (Battilana)

MLD-360M             Being Human (Ganz and Robichaud)

MLD-420M             Federal Budget Policy (Jackson)

 

Spring Semester 2027

MLD-103M          PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence (Andrews)

MLD-201              Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change (O’Doherty)

DPI-208                Moral Practice for Public Leadership (Robichaud)

MLD-215              Negotiation and Leadership: Essential Theory and Practice for Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness (Wilkinson)

MLD-234M          Conducting Negotiation on the Frontlines: : Advanced Techniques for Crisis Situations (Bruderlein)

MLD-257M           Why won’t you listen to me? Understanding People, Conflict, and People in Conflict (Minson)

MLD-290M          Frontiers of AI in Negotiation and Conflict Management (Bowles)

MLD-308              Leadership Decision Making: From Individuals to Institutions (Lerner)

MLD-326              Principles and Politics When Running for Office (Foxx)

MLD-375              Creating Justice in Real Time: Vision, Strategies and Campaigns (Cornell William Brooks)

MLD-377              Organizing: People, Power, Change (Ganz)

MLD-412M              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              Systems Thinking and Supply Chain Management: Climate, Poverty and Human Rights (Fagan)

MLD-617M           Effective Implementation: Learning from Effective Implementers (Hartmann & Butler)

MLD-634M           Managing the Private Delivery of Public Value (Donahue)

MLD-802              Strategic Management and Leadership for Nonprofits and NGOs (Ponce)

MLD-820M          Strategies for Social Impact (Lee)

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)