http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34004 Sloan School of Management (15) Sat, 25 May 2013 15:26:27 GMT 2013-05-25T15:26:27Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78250 15.279 Management Communication for Undergraduates, Spring 2005 Breslow, Lori This is a required seminar for Management Science majors to develop the writing, speaking, teamwork, and interpersonal communication skills necessary for managers. Students learn communication principles, strategies, and methods through discussions, exercises, examples, and cases. Assignments include writing memos and business letters, and giving oral presentations in labs outside of class. A major project is the production of a team report and presentation on a topic of interest to a managerial audience. Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78250 2005-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75287 15.223 Global Markets, National Policies, and the Competitive Advantages of Firms, Fall 2007 Locke, Richard The world is changing in two fundamental ways. First, the development of a truly global market in products, services, capital, and even certain types of labor is changing the basic terms of competition for an array of different firms and industries. Second, the rules and institutions governing the new international economic order are still in flux. National regulations are no longer adequate yet international accords over trade, intellectual property, labor standards, and a host of other issues are fiercely and frequently contested by competing interests. The final results of these debates will determine who wins and who loses in the new global economy. Understanding the interaction between environment and business around the world is the key to understanding both the possibilities for and constraints on either managing an existing or starting a new business in today's fast-changing economy. Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75287 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74617 15.082J / 6.855J Network Optimization, Spring 2003 Orlin, James 15.082J/6.855J is an H-level graduate subject in the theory and practice of network flows and its extensions. Network flow problems form a subclass of linear programming problems with applications to transportation, logistics, manufacturing, computer science, project management, finance as well as a number of other domains. This subject will survey some of the applications of network flows and focus on key special cases of network flow problems including the following: the shortest path problem, the maximum flow problem, the minimum cost flow problem, and the multi-commodity flow problem. Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74617 2003-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74609 15.269 Literature, Ethics and Authority, Fall 2005 Hafrey, Leigh This course explores how we use story to articulate ethical norms. The syllabus consists of short fiction, novels, plays, feature films and some non-fiction. Major topics include leadership and authority, professionalism, the universality of ethical standards, and social enterprise, as well as questions of gender, cultural identity, the balance of family and work life, and the relation of science to ethics. Readings include work by Robert Bolt, Jane Smiley, Virginia Woolf, Ursula LeGuin, Wole Soyinka, and others; films include "Three Kings," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Hotel Rwanda," and others. The course draws on various professions and national cultures, and is run as a series of moderated discussions, with students centrally engaged in the teaching process. Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74609 2005-12-01T00:00:00Z