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National:
SATURDAY, 10 A.M. Former US labor secretary and one-time Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Robert Reich is facing some 50 MIT Sloan School of Management students seated in swivel chairs. Reich is one of four guest speakers this day for the Sloan School's hot new course on outsourcing. Taught by former dean and management guru Lester Thurow and professor Amar Gupta, the course was created in response to student demand. In another sign of the attention focused on the outsourcing of U.S. jobs, one of the nation's top business schools has started a course on the controversial subject.... "The course does not advocate outsourcing, as the future managers in this course could be outsourced themselves," said Dr. Amar Gupta, who teaches the MIT course. "It discusses the pros and cons of outsourcing so managers can make more informed decisions." "The course does not advocate outsourcing, as the future managers in this course could be outsourced themselves," said Dr. Amar Gupta, who teaches the MIT course. "It discusses the pros and cons of outsourcing so managers can make more informed decisions." Offshore, Onshore - The shift of jobs overseas has become a big worry for many engineering students nearing graduation. But in some business schools, "offshoring" looks like an opportunity rather than a threat. This month, the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology started a course called "A Special Seminar in International Management -- Outsourcing and Offshoring." It was students who pushed for the class, and rushed it into service this year ahead of schedule. At Wednesday's first session, they filled the seats and aisles. A few visiting students from Harvard Business School, which has no comparable course, also showed up, hoping the professors would let them sit in. |
International:
It is the first course of its kind in the US, but more business schools are expected to follow suit soon enough. Students from Harvard, not wanting to be left out, have begun flocking to Sloan with requests to stand in the aisle and benefit from the guest lectures! MIT's Sloan School of Management has initiated research on professional outsourcing, under 'The Productivity from Information Technology' (PROFIT) Initiative. Led by Lester C Thurow, professor of management and economics and Amar Gupta, co-director, PROFIT Initiative, this will analyse the impact of outsourcing of professional services on various constituencies in the developed and developing environments. Please email Satwik Seshasai with any additional links. |
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