Great piece and compelling ideas! I couldn’t help but notice that in talking with the MBA students I met from HBS during my time at the Kennedy School of Government, we largely had the same curriculum - econ, stats, strategy, leadership, communications, etc., just with different case studies: they were trying to do things like sell more …
Great piece and compelling ideas! I couldn’t help but notice that in talking with the MBA students I met from HBS during my time at the Kennedy School of Government, we largely had the same curriculum - econ, stats, strategy, leadership, communications, etc., just with different case studies: they were trying to do things like sell more soap and boost profitability by finding ways to cut costs, while we were trying do things like increase the birthweight of newborns and enhance delivery of public services by finding ways to improve efficiency.
Indeed! Personally, I think that several key benefits of a combined core are that:
1. People would be exposed to case studies from a wider range of perspectives, sharpening their ability to think from multiple angles and better analyze what to do in different/new situations.
2. It's an opportunity to take people who didn't think they were government-interested and expose them to a lot of the meaningful work that goes on in government—and maybe even interest them in pursing careers in public service!
Great piece and compelling ideas! I couldn’t help but notice that in talking with the MBA students I met from HBS during my time at the Kennedy School of Government, we largely had the same curriculum - econ, stats, strategy, leadership, communications, etc., just with different case studies: they were trying to do things like sell more soap and boost profitability by finding ways to cut costs, while we were trying do things like increase the birthweight of newborns and enhance delivery of public services by finding ways to improve efficiency.
Indeed! Personally, I think that several key benefits of a combined core are that:
1. People would be exposed to case studies from a wider range of perspectives, sharpening their ability to think from multiple angles and better analyze what to do in different/new situations.
2. It's an opportunity to take people who didn't think they were government-interested and expose them to a lot of the meaningful work that goes on in government—and maybe even interest them in pursing careers in public service!