System Design and Management

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Cosponsored by the MIT School of Engineering and the MIT Sloan School of Management, the System Design and Management Program is at the forefront of graduate education at MIT. The SDM curriculum for both is built on a foundation of core courses in system architecture, systems engineering, and system and project management — integrated with management courses tailored to students with significant industry experience and solid technical backgrounds.

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SDM Distance Program Trailer

A brief overview of the MIT SDM master program illustrating distance learning as a viable option for mid-career engineering professionals eager to advance their careers without leaving their careers.

Startup 3.0: Seeing the System - Part 1 of 2

The use of system dynamics to model entrepreneurship and start-up engineering, conducted by MIT SDM Fellow Fady Saad.

Startup 3.0: Seeing the System - Part 2 of 2

The use of system dynamics to model entrepreneurship and start-up engineering, conducted by MIT SDM Fellow Fady Saad.

The Mining World and The Chilean Role: Enrique Miranda

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The Mining World and The Chilean Role: Enrique Miranda

Enrique Miranda, vice president of the Chilean Institute of Mining Engineers, addresses the MIT Mining, Oil and Gas Club on March 7, 2013, on Chile's role in the worldwide mining community.

'Could a Shorter Workweek and a Greener Economy Provide ...

'Could a Shorter Workweek and a Greener Economy Provide Relief?'

About the Presentation The crises we encounter today could be described as a 'perfect storm.' The global financial crisis that began in 2008 has left many people with too little money and/or willingness to spend. This results in too few goods and services being ...

Leadership for Learning Organizations: Lessons from ...

Leadership for Learning Organizations: Lessons from healthcare, sports, ...

The world is rife with process improvement methods designed to deal with systemic issues facing manufacturing and services firms. Although proven tools, such as Six Sigma, Re-engineering, and Lean, exist to build learning organizations with enhanced efficiency and ...

Addressing Complexity in the Interconnected World

How can we manage the financial crisis? How do civil unrest, religion and rumors spread, and how is that related to epidemics and earthquakes? Can human behavior and societal systems be studied in the same way as biological systems and complex man-made systems? In this ...

Applying a Complex System Architecture Evaluation Method to ...

Applying a Complex System Architecture Evaluation Method to the 2005 Ford ...

About the Presentation Through painful experience, many companies have learned that they cannot develop a way out of an architecture issue that is uncovered late in the product development process, such as in the verification (hardware and tooling) stage. If a company ...

Buying Common: Executing Platform Strategies in Supply ...

Buying Common: Executing Platform Strategies in Supply Chain and ...

This webinar will explore the contract levers available to firms to incentivize commonality in their supply chains, and will discuss best practices for incorporating feedback into product development decisions.

Lean Thinking in an Academic Medical Center -- The Beat ...

Lean Thinking in an Academic Medical Center -- The Beat Goes On - Dr. John ...

About the Presentation The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) has been on the lean journey for the past seven years, creating the Michigan Quality System. UMHS has over 20,000 faculty, staff, and trainees. The goal is to create 20,000 problem solvers who are ...

Newsweek Magazine AD - Moving Ahead . . . from a distance

"Moving ahead" is more than just wishing you were someplace else. MIT's SDM program offers a proven, "game changing," primarily-at-a-distance option for engineers who are ready to make a positive career move.

Identifying Architectural Modularity in the Smart Grid - ...

Identifying Architectural Modularity in the Smart Grid - Brad Rogers, ...

About the Presentation One significant challenge facing a broader deployment of modern grid technologies is integrating with legacy systems while driving toward elegant, interoperable solutions in future grid integration efforts. This challenge is compounded by the de ...

Using Systems Engineering Tools to Design a Smart Energy ...

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Using Systems Engineering Tools to Design a Smart Energy Box - Jonathan ...

About the Presentation A network that distributes power generated by Renewable Energy Supplies (RESs) will require a "smart box" in each home in the network to meter power and to connect to and communicate with other elements of the network. These smart boxes will also ...

The Transformation of the Datacenter: How to solve the ...

The Transformation of the Datacenter: How to solve the exascale problem ...

About the Presentation This webinar will offer a comprehensive overview on the primary issues facing the modern datacenter in the drive to become higher performing and less costly, and methods to address those issues. This presentation will examine the immediate and ...

The Emergence of a Digital Money Ecosystem - Irving ...

The Emergence of a Digital Money Ecosystem - Irving Wladawsky-Berger, PhD ...

About the Presentation We are in the early stages of a very important transformation—the transition to a digital money ecosystem. This transformation is likely to be among the most exciting, important, and challenging initiatives the world will undertake in the ...

How Self-Organizing "Tribes" are Transforming the Solar ...

How Self-Organizing "Tribes" are Transforming the Solar Industry - Donny ...

About the Presentation This webinar will offer an interdisciplinary perspective on solar innovation in the United States by examining over 100 case studies. It will use these research findings to describe how self-organizing groups, or "tribes," have become a driving ...

A Systems Approach for Addressing the Crisis in Employment ...

A Systems Approach for Addressing the Crisis in Employment and Consumer ...

MIT SDM Systems Thinking Webinar SeriesNicholas A. Ashford, PhD., JDProfessor of Technology and PolicyDirector, MIT Technology and Law ProgramDate: March 19, 2012 At present, national and global reforms are focused on improving the financial system, which is not ...

A Virtual Information Evening - MIT SDM

A Virtual Information Evening - MIT System Design and Management Program

A brief introduction into the program focus, and availability for mid-career technical professionals as either on-campus or distance students.

Investigations of Platform Savings Reveal Systemic ...

Investigations of Platform Savings Reveal Systemic Management Challenges - ...

About the Presentation Companies from aerospace to white goods use platforming strategies to deliver more variety to their customers while saving internally by sharing parts and overhead. However, many firms fail to earn a return on their investment in ...

Creative Experimentation (Part 2)

Creative Experimentation: Developing a Skill Critical for Managing Complex ...

A broad-based capacity for experimentation is critical for organizations to succeed because the systems in which people are embedded are increasingly complex and fast.

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