Meet the Program Faculty
The General Management Program is taught by a core faculty of senior Harvard Business School professors who are skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors, and who serve as advisers, consultants, and directors of companies around the world. HBS faculty leverage their business experience to create new knowledge and enduring concepts that shape the practice of management. Other HBS professors join the core faculty to present special topics, conveying their specific insights to further enrich the learning experience. The result is a teaching team that exposes you to multiple perspectives and challenges your thinking on many levels.
Core Faculty
Joseph L. Bower,
Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration. Member of the General Management Unit; and faculty chair of "The Corporate Leader: How Corporate Managers Contribute Value."
Mihir A. Desai,
Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance. Senior Associate Dean, Planning and University Affairs; member of the Finance and the Entrepreneurial Management Units.
Linda A. Hill,
Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration. Faculty cochair of the HBS Leadership Initiative; member of the Organizational Behavior Unit; and faculty chair of the "High Potentials Leadership Program" and "Leading with Impact: Staying on the Fast Track."
Marco Iansiti,
David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration. Head of the Technology and Operations Management Unit.
Rajiv Lal,
Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing. Member of the Marketing Unit; faculty chair of the "General Management Program" and faculty cochair of "Leading Growth Through Customer Centricity—India."
F. Warren McFarlan,
Baker Foundation Professor; Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. Member of the General Management Unit.
Peter Olson,
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. Member of the Strategy Unit.
Stefan H. Thomke,
William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration. Member of the Technology and Operations Management Unit; and faculty chair of HBS Executive Education in India, "Leading Product Innovation," and "Leading Innovation—India."
Andrew Wasynczuk,
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. Member of the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets Unit.
Louis T. Wells,
Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management. Member of the Business, Government and the International Economy Unit.