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IAP 2013



Beating the Corporate System; An Engineer's Guide

John F. Carrier, Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management

Jan/24 Thu 07:00PM-08:00PM 66-110

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: none

Back by popular demand!

In this lively and engaging one-hour session, we will examine how a fundamental understanding of systems can help engineering, science, and humanities students overcome the tremendous hurdles they will encounter in their pursuit of a successful rewarding career in the face of large, bureaucratic companies and institutions - organizations that seem to have been set up solely to degrade their professional skills and extract all measures of job satisfaction.

We will specifically touch on the following topics:

We will wrap up with a brief discussion with a short discussion of the history of System Dynamics at MIT, with current examples of its application in the manufacturing and processing industries, based on Dr. Carrier's 10+ years in the field.

Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering
Contact: John Carrier, JFCARRIE@MIT.EDU