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Distributed Leadership Workshop Wanda Orlikowski, Deborah Ancona, Thomas Malone Schedule: TBD Selection by departmental lottery. Do not pre-register on WebSIS. Enter lottery by: 19-Dec-2014 Limited to 45 participants. No listeners Prereq: Level: G 6 units Graded P/D/F Focuses on the key leadership capabilities needed in today's increasingly decentralized organizations: sense-making, relating, visioning, and inventing. Through conceptual discussions, small group exercises, and self-reflection, helps students understand leadership capabilities, evaluate their leadership strengths and weaknesses, articulate their values and aspirations, and practice developing leadership skills in interaction with class members. This workshop focuses on the key leadership capabilities needed in today's increasingly decentralized organizations: sensemaking, relating, visioning, and inventing. Through conceptual discussions, small group exercises, and self-reflection, the workshop helps students identify and understand their leadership capabilities, articulate their values and aspirations, and practice developing leadership skills in interaction with class members. Limited to 45 participants per section. Apply online using website listed below. Schedule - All meet in E62-233 Section A: January 6 & 7, 8:30am-6pm. January 8, 8:30am-3:30pm. Section B: January 13 & 14, 8:30am-6pm. January 15, 8:30am-3:30pm. Section C: January 27 & 28, 8:30am-6pm. January 29, 8:30am-3:30 pm. Web: http://goo.gl/VogDpb Contact: Wanda Orlikowski, E62-418, (617) 253-0443, wanda@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management Leadership Lessons Learned from the Military Leigh Hafrey Mon Jan 26, Tue Jan 27, Wed Jan 28, 09am-04:00pm, E62-276 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Limited to 100 participants. Listeners allowed, space permitting Prereq: Permission of instructor Priority given to current Sloan students and fellows. Level: H 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. What is it about the military that so frequently produces adaptable and well-rounded leaders in a variety of civilian settings? How can we leverage military leadership principles for our own leadership development? In this seminar military, government, and industry leaders will join MIT Sloan faculty to address the skills and leadership qualities that can help prepare you to lead and manage. The purpose of this seminar is to teach students the leadership practices, traits, and mindset successfully used by military leaders and show these tools, relevance to civilian leadership and management challenges. The seminar incorporates a combination of methods including lectures, interactive case studies, panels, guest speakers, and training exercises. Contact: Sam Perlik, scperlik@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management The Nuts and Bolts of New Ventures/Business Plans Joseph Hadzima, Jr, Joost Bonsen Tue-Thu, Jan 20-22, 27-29, 06-09:00pm, 10-250 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Limited to 200 participants. Listeners allowed, space permitting Prereq: Permission of instructor An interest in new ventures Level: H 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. The Nuts and Bolts of preparing a Business Plan and launching a New Venture will be explored in this 26th annual course offering. The course is open to members of the M.I.T. Community and to others interested in entrepreneurship. Recommended for persons who are interested in starting or are involved in a new venture, including social development ventures. Persons planning to enter the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition should find the course particularly useful. Historically approximately 50% of the class has been from Sloan and 50% from the Science, Engineering and Architecture Schools. This "cross-school" course has resulted in the formation of $100K Competition Teams and a number of successful startups. Open to all departments and schools. Sign up for email list at nutsandbolts.mit.edu/email.php Web: http://nutsandbolts.mit.edu Contact: Teaching Assistant, nutsandbolts-ta@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management Special Seminar Social Entrepreneurship: The Story of One Laptop Per Child. Charles Kane Mon Jan 12, Tue Jan 13, 03-06:00pm, E51-376 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. No listeners Prereq: Permission of instructor Level: G 1 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. This course explores the challenges and successes of the social entrepreneurship adventure "One Laptop Per Child". The project involved many engineering, business, and distribution decisions that one would encounter in any other social entrepreneurship venture. The professors explore and describe the current state and future vision of the project. Students are invited to participate in helping impact the direction of the future of the project. \\\\\*\\\\\*Student are require to purchase "Learning to Change the World: The social impact of one laptop per child." by Charles Kane and Walter Bender. Kindle copies are available via Amazon.com and some copies may be available at the MIT Press or MIT Coop. Contact: Eliza Deland, E40-160, (617) 253-9632, edeland@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management Negotiation and Influence Jared Curhan Tue Jan 27, Wed Jan 28, Thu Jan 29, 09am-04:00pm, E62-262, meets with 15.S61 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Limited to 85 participants. No listeners Prereq: Level: U 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. Add through online add/drop, http://student.mit.edu/cgi-docs/student.html No matter how excellent your ideas or how sophisticated your analyses, most significant achievements require the ability to communicate with and influence others. The purpose of this course is to equip students with negotiation strategies that they can use to understand, plan for, and achieve their objectives in a variety of situations. The course will entail extensive personalized feedback, tips for efficient pre-negotiation planning, and plenty of opportunities for students to practice and hone their negotiation skills. Negotiation is something you learn by doing. This course utilizes games, simulations, videos, lectures, and discussion. Negotiation examples are drawn not only from the business sector, but also from student and family life. Contact: Scott Alessandro, E48-547, (617) 253-6296, salessan@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management Poker Theory and Analytics Paul Mende Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30, 03:30-05:00pm, 4-370 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Listeners allowed, space permitting Prereq: Permission of Instructor Level: H 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. The MIT Poker Class will cover an array of mathematical concepts and their applications to poker theory & game play. Contact: Kevin Desmond, kdesmond@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management Patent Law Fundamentals Jeff Meldman Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 12, 14, 16, 21, 23, 26, 28, 02-04:00pm, E62-250 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Listeners allowed, space permitting Prereq: Permission of instructor Level: H 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. Examines and illuminates the fundamentals of U.S. Patent Law, including the requirements for patentability and the process of applying for a patent. Intended for students from all MIT departments. Topics include: requirements of utility, novelty, and non-obviousness; eligible subject matter; patentability of software, business methods, and human genes; the patent application process, including patent searching and the language of patent claims; infringement, defenses, and remedies. Highlights critical changes introduced by the recent America Invents Act (first to invent vs. first inventor to file), and clarifies the relation of patents to other forms of intellectual property (copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks). Contact: Jeff Meldman, E62-317, (617) 253-4932, jmeldman@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management Financial Engineering for Public Policy Deborah Lucas, Andrew Lo, Andrei Kirilenko Tue Jan 6, Thu Jan 8, Mon Jan 12, Wed Jan 14, 01-04:30pm Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Listeners allowed, space permitting Prereq: Permission of instructor Level: H 1 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. Increasingly policy makers are turning to financial engineering for tools to help design, evaluate and implement a wide range of policies, from curing cancer to solving the energy crisis, to abating global warming, to funding infrastructure development to fraud detection. Students will learn some of the fundamentals of financial engineering and explore how they're being applied by policy makers and regulators. The course will include a mixture of lectures (by Professors Andrei Kirilenko, Andrew Lo, and Deborah Lucas) , class discussion, and possibly outside speakers. Credit will be awarded based on class participation and a short paper assignment. 1/6 & 1/8 meet in E52-325, 1/12 & 1/14 meet in E51-345. Contact: Donna Cheung, E62-611, (617) 253-9745, donnac@MIT.EDU |
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Special Seminar in Management SSIM: Scaling the Social Entrepreneurship Venture Jason Jay, Robert H. Hacker Tue Jan 20 thru Fri Jan 23, 03-05:00pm, E51-376 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Listeners allowed, space permitting Prereq: Permission of instructor Level: H 2 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. In this one week course we will unpack the myths and economics of social entrepreneurship in an effort to find a heuristic for successful "social" ventures. Much of the professor's thinking on the subject was inspired by his three years as CFO at One Laptop per Child Association and previous lectures and January courses taught at Sloan on SE. Starting with a definition of SE built around the framework of value creation-value capture, the course looks at five critical uses of capital and how they shape the tradeoff in value and the resultant form of entrepreneurship. Contact: Jason Jay, E62-362, (617) 253-0594, jjay@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management Software Tools for Operations Research Dimitris Bertsimas, Iain Dunning, Joey Huchette Tue, Thu, Jan 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29, 09am-12:00pm, E51-315 Selection by departmental lottery. Do not pre-register on WebSIS. Enter lottery by: 01-Jan-2015 Limited to 36 participants. Listeners allowed, space permitting Prereq: Permission of instructor or 15.093J Level: H 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. The "big data revolution" has placed added emphasis on computational techniques in Operations Research (OR). Large-scale optimization, data analysis and visualization are now commonplace among researchers and practitioners alike. More than ever, there is a need not only to develop new techniques, but also to implement and use them. This course is a multi-session workshop focusing on software tools specific to the practice of OR. We concentrate on the mechanics of using common software to apply specific methodologies. Topics covered include data analysis and visualization, using optimization solvers, and distributed computing. Class participation, group code-reviews and individual hands-on coding are stressed in each session. The course culminates with a multi-session project illustrating how the tools can be combined. Contact: Joey Huchette, huchette@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management Negotiation and Influence Jared Curhan Tue Jan 27, Wed Jan 28, Thu Jan 29, 09am-04:00pm, E62-262, meets with 15.S41 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Limited to 85 participants. No listeners Prereq: Permission of instructor Level: H 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. Add through online add/drop, http://student.mit.edu/cgi-docs/student.html No matter how excellent your ideas or how sophisticated your analyses, most significant achievements require the ability to communicate with and influence others. The purpose of this course is to equip students with negotiation strategies that they can use to understand, plan for, and achieve their objectives in a variety of situations. The course will entail extensive personalized feedback, tips for efficient pre-negotiation planning, and plenty of opportunities for students to practice and hone their negotiation skills. Negotiation is something you learn by doing. This course utilizes games, simulations, videos, lectures, and discussion. Negotiation examples are drawn not only from the business sector, but also from student and family life. Contact: Scott Alessandro, E48-547, (617) 253-6296, salessan@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management The Business of Robotics William Aulet, Matt Beane Mon Jan 26, 09:30am-05:30pm, E62-233 Selection by departmental lottery. Do not pre-register on WebSIS. Enter lottery by: 20-Jan-2015 No listeners Prereq: Permission of instructor Level: H 1 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. Hype and hopes are high for robotics in business. This intensive workshop is devoted to helping us separate the two. We will generate answers through our own research, and we will be joined by a panel of outside experts - from industry, robotics firms, academia and beyond. This field is changing rapidly, so our main goal will be to generate new knowledge that these experts should find interesting. The basic design of the workshop will include a brief orienting lecture at the beginning of the day. You will be responsible for some advance reading so we can move quickly. The panel will also occur in the morning, and the afternoon will be an "unconference" where you will collectively determine your research focus and plans. A research report will be due by the end of IAP, and will be included in a shared set of research findings, available to all participants. Express your interest in participating using the link below. Web: http://goo.gl/ruaWlP Contact: Matt Beane, E62-370, mbeane@mit.edu |
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Special Seminar in Management Operations for Entrepreneurs Charles Fine Mon Jan 26 thru Thu Jan 29, 09am-12:30pm, E62-223 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Limited to 50 participants. Listeners allowed, space permitting Prereq: Permission of instructor Level: H 3 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. This course addresses "Operations for Entrepreneurs" through consideration of a set of concepts and recently written cases intended to illuminate a range of operational issues faced by startup companies, whether they are operations centric or not. These cases span a dozen industries, four continents, and organizations ranging in size from a handful to a few thousand people, addressing issues over a life cycle from birth to emerging maturity. We use the phrase: "Nail it, Scale it, Sail it (or Sale it)" as a shorthand for different phases of the entrepreneurial life cycle. This course will help you better understand the context in which early-stage businesses develop operational capabilities, as well as the impacts of such capabilities on their business outcomes. Further we hope to provide insights to help identify critical stages in the growth of a firm's operational capabilities and examples of how successful firms have overcome key challenges at various development stages. Contact: Charles Fine, E62-466, (617) 253-3632, charley@mit.edu |