Beginning Argentine Tango
Hillary Ross
Mon Jan 6, Tue Jan 7, 06-07:30pm, TBA
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Dec-2002
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Born in 19th-century Buenos Aires, Argentine tango combines elements borrowed from many cultures. Come explore the intimate social dance that creates a unique, silent communication between dance partners – one body with four legs moving in a fusion of coordination, elegance, and harmony. We will work on connecting to a dance partner and to the music as we build an Argentine tango vocabulary for social dancing. Please bring non-rubber soled shoes.
Contact: Hillary Ross, E60-236, 253-8957, hross@mit.edu
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Business, Accounting, and Capital Markets Overview
Glenn Hopkins, Alum
Tue Jan 14, Thu Jan 16, Tue Jan 21, 04-06:00pm, E51-372
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 15-Jan-2003
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
This course aims to provide an overview of business principles, financial statements, and capital markets to students with limited knowledge of these areas. Forays will be made into related areas including stock options and trends in private equity. Glenn Hopkins ’87 is a partner at J. W. Childs Associates, a Boston based private equity firm.
Contact: Priti Barot, 753-1131, pbarot@jwchilds.com
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How to Network
Wan Li Zhu, Lisa Huang, Gavin Greer, Nick Gidwani
Fri Jan 24, 07-09:00pm, E52-6Fl Faculty Club
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2003
Single session event
Prereq: None
Are you looking for a job, a team member for a new start-up, or want to get elected to a student leadership? SUMA is holding a Networking Event where you'll get the basics on networking and people skills. A mock networking session with corporate participants, alumni, and fellow students will follow the info session. Food will be provided. This event is open to all college students.
Contact: Wan Li Zhu
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Introduction to Systems Dynamics: Methodology and Applications
John Sterman, Gokhan Dogan, Nan Lux
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Please come and participate in playing the famous MIT Beer Game! Join in other hands-on simulation games, along with computer-based case studies, discussions, lectures and other exercises designed to increase your intuitive understanding of complex systems. You will be exposed to the central principles of system dynamics and applications. There is no advance registration. Just show up!
Web: http://sysdyn.mit.edu
Contact: Nan Lux, E60-375, x3-1574, nlux@mit.edu
The Beer Game
Brad Morrison, Doctoral Candidate
Live the principles of system dynamics in a hands-on simulation (alcohol not involved).
Tue Jan 14, 09am-12:00pm, E51-385
Top-down vs. Bottom-up Simulations: Air Transportation and Economic Growth
David Peterson, Ventana Systems
Tue Jan 14, 02-04:00pm, Room E51-335
Principles of System Dynamics
Gokhan Dogan, PhD Student
Introduction to systems thinking and system dynamics.
Wed Jan 15, 09-10:30am, Room E51-335
Principles of Model Building
Gokhan Dogan, PhD Student
Hands on modeling experience with Venism software.
Wed Jan 15, 10:30am-12:00pm, Room E51-010, (Trading Room)
Group Modeling for Strategy Consensus in Welfare Reform
George Richardson, Professor, State University of New York Albany
Wed Jan 15, 01-02:30pm, Room E51-335
Application of System Dynamics in Finance
Mila Getmansky, Doctoral Candidate
Thu Jan 16, 09-10:30am, Room E51-335
History and Future of System Dynamics
Jay Forrester
Thu Jan 16, 10:30am-12:00pm, Room E51-335
System Dynamics as a Foundation for Kindergarten through 12th Grade Education
Jay Forrester
Thu Jan 16, 01-02:30pm, Room E51-335
Dynamics of Terrorism
David Kreutzer, President, GKA Associates
Thu Jan 16, 02:30-04:00pm, Room E51-335
Business Dynamics at GM
Mark Paich Decisio Consulting
Fri Jan 17, 09-10:30am, Room E51-335
SD and Management Consulting: Tales from No Man's Land
Greg Hennessy, President, Speed Circuit Recreation & Training Assoc.
Fri Jan 17, 10:30am-12:00pm, Room E51-335
Meta System Dynamics: Evolving a Better Business
Jim Hines
Fri Jan 17, 01-02:30pm, E51-335
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Marketing: An Introduction for Entrepreneurs
Barbara Bund
Mon Jan 13 thru Thu Jan 16, 01-04:00pm, E51-395
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Jan-2003
Limited to 70 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Non-Sloan graduate students encouraged.
To start a business or to become involved in one, you will need to understand marketing. This course introduces definitions and basic concepts of marketing: customers, market segment, marketing strategy, and the marketing mix (product, price, distribution,communication). Intended for non-Sloan graduate students; advance sign-up required. To register please email your name, MIT affiliation, grad year, and major to the address below.
Contact: Melanie Etchison, etchison@mit.edu
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SloanSpace: An Overview
Deirdre Kane, Caroline Meeks
Tue Jan 21, 01:30-03:00pm, E51-376
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 54 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: none
Session will provide an overview of the development history, project design and feature set of SloanSpace, the Sloan School of Management's open source course management and community building system. Presenters will also discuss how the system is used by faculty, staff and students and its role as part of the .LRN initiative.
Contact: Deirdre Kane, E52-Penthouse, 252-1110, dekane@mit.edu
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What is Management Science?/What is Operations Research?
John Little, James Orlin
Wed Jan 15, Fri Jan 17, 10:30am-12:00pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Do you enjoy mathematics and computers? Would you like to apply your skills to business, government, and non-profit institutions? Then come and learn about the fields of operations research and management science, a science for improving the decisions of organizations. These fields typically use data, mathematical models, and computer-based information systems. Intended for undergraduates and graduate students considering OR/MS as a field of study. The second session will be followed by a lunch in E40-106. Participants welcome at individual sessions but attendance at both sessions is encouraged.
Contact: John Little, E56-308, x3-3738, jlittle@mit.edu
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