Sloan Holds Enterprise Management Track Hackathon
Four teams of Enterprise Management track MBA students at Sloan School of Management competed in the second annual MIT Sloan Enterprise Management track hackathon. The hackathon serves as an opportunity for students to apply their classroom learning, which, in the Enterprise Management track, emphasizes a holistic approach to problem solving by integrating across functional domains.
This year’s competition focused on the severe parking problem that faces the cities of Boston. Participants designed solutions to the issue using smart technology. Proposed parking solutions incorporating smart technology had to fulfill the demands of visitors and residents while also accommodating limited city budgets.
Sloan Building to Feature New Light Sculpture
MIT Sloan’s original building, E52, is undergoing major renovations. Once renovations are complete, the familiar “50 Memorial Drive” etched in stone outside will remain the same at the Memorial Drive entrance, while the Shames Plaza entrance will be lit up with a sculpture created by artist Leo Villareal.
Villareal was recently awarded an MIT Percent-for-Art commission to create a light installation for the historic building. It has been undergoing major renovations for the past year and is expected to re-open in January 2016. Villareal created The Bay Lights on the San Francisco Bay Bridge West Span last year. For E52, he plans to craft a light sculpture in the north vestibule, which will feature a new, glass-enclosed entrance.
Sloan Hosts CEO’s for G-Lab Program
Twenty-five CEOs from startups and growing companies in 12 countries toured MIT Sloan at a summit connecting them with faculty and students in MIT Sloan’s Global Entrepreneurship Lab.
The Global Entrepreneurship Lab or G-Lab matches teams of four students with companies in emerging markets to work on projects focusing on business growth, new market entry, marketing, finance, or another realm. The G-Lab is one of Sloan’s signature action learning programs.
Sloan Plans Annual Diversity Weekend
MIT Sloan School of Management will hold its third annual Diversity Weekend October 2 through October 3, 2014. The purpose of the event is to provide an opportunity for prospective minority students to get a sense of what life is like as an MIT Sloan student.
The event is a collaboration between the MIT Sloan Admissions Office, minority MBA students and organizations on campus. Current students help to plan the program and are serving as personal hosts for attendees by providing overnight accommodations.
Sloan Welcomes Largest Class of Women
MIT Sloan School of Management welcomed the highest ever female percentage of an entering MBA class at MIT Sloan. Sloan’s gender diverse programs and options for women was a factor in some of the women’s decisions to choose Sloan.
There are about 400 incoming MIT Sloan MBA students drawn from across the globe. This year’s MBA class is 40 percent female, up from 33 percent last year, reflecting the school’s effort to attract a more diverse student body.
Sloan Management Review Announces Beckhard Winners
The editors of MIT Sloan Management Review announced that Hamid Bouchikhi and John R. Kimberly are the winners of the 2014 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize, awarded to the authors of the most outstanding MIT SMR article on planned change and organizational development published from fall 2012 to summer 2013.
Richard Beckhard was one of the founders and architects of the field of organizational development. He was a member of the MIT Sloan School of Management faculty for more than 20 years. A longtime friend of MIT Sloan Management Review, Beckhard was known for his efforts to help organizations function in a more humane and high-performing manner and to empower people to be agents of change.
