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Social Impact & Responsible Leadership Course Pathway
Social Impact at Kellogg aims to inspire and equip business leaders to create positive, significant and sustainable impact in the world.
The Social Impact & Responsible Leadership Course Pathway is designed for students who want to create positive social change across their careers. The pathway recognizes that social impact and responsible leadership will come throughout the career and will take many varied forms.
Faculty sponsors: David A. Matsa (Finance) and Klaus Weber (Management & Organizations).
1. Leadership Foundations & General Tools
General Tools
- Social Change Essentials: Methods, Money, and Partnerships: SSIM-957-5
- Quantifying Social Return: Tools for Impact, Corporate and Nonprofit Investments: SSIM-948-0
- The Science and Strategy of Bias Reduction: MORS-964-5
Leadership Foundations
- Ethics & Leadership: PACT-460-0
- Managing Firms for Shareholders and Society: FINC-484-5
- Beyond Diversity: The Fundamentals of Inclusive Leadership: MORS-462-5
2. Specialized Professional Toolkits
Impact Driven Organizations
- Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector: SSIM-950-0
- Strategy and Renewal in Established Nonprofits: STRT-931-5
- Board Governance of Non-Profit Organizations: SSIM-455-5
- Operations for Social Impact: OPNS-951-0
EXPERIENTIAL
- Social Innovation Practicum: SSIM-452-0
- GIM: Impact & Sustainable Ventures: INTL-473-0
- Advanced Board Governance: SSIM-471-5
Corporate Sustainability & Impact
- Value Creation through Sustainability: Managing the Corporate Transformation: SSIM-938-0
- Decision Making for Sustainable Business: SSIM-947-5
- Corporate Social Innovation: SSIM-917-5
EXPERIENTIAL
- Sustainability Lab: SSIM-636-0
Sustainable & Impact Finance
- Impact Investing and Sustainable Finance: FINC-946-0
- Early Stage Impact Investing: SSIM-940-0
- ESG Investing & Sustainability Reporting: ACCT-459-0
EXPERIENTIAL
- Venture Equity: Dismantling Barriers to Capital: SSIM-962-0
- Venture Lab: FINC-615-0 & Private Equity Lab: FINC-639-0
Policy & Public Action
- Public Economics: Federal Policy: PACT-470-0
- Public Economics: State and Local Policy: PACT-480-0
- Regulation of Competitive Strategies: BLAW-437-0
- Strategy Beyond Markets: PACT-441-0
- Macroeconomic Policy and Global Capital Markets: FINC-473-0
3. Specialized Areas of Impact
Education
- Education Industry: PACT-454-5
- Education Consulting Lab: PACT-618-0
Climate, Environment & Energy
- The Economics of Energy Markets & Environment: STRT-458-0
Global Development
- Entrepreneurship and Market Creation in Emerging Markets: ENTR-906-5
- Strategic Challenges in Emerging Markets: STRT-466-0
- GIM: Transforming Markets, Business, and Society: INTL-473-0
Health
- Managing Health Care Services in a Value Based Setting: HCAK-951-5
- Medical Technologies in Global Public Health: SSIM-673-5
- Healthcare Strategy Consulting Lab: STRT-947-0
Last edited July 25, 2024. For any questions regarding this page, please email kellogg-registrar@kellogg.northwestern.edu.