Enterprise Management Lab

15.830 Enterprise Management Lab

EM-Lab provides students taking the Enterprise Management Certificate at MIT Sloan with a unique opportunity to work hands-on with large enterprises to address their business challenges. Engaging with both for-profit and non-profit companies, students are able to help hosts with marketing, operations, and strategy. Though each project has a specific focus, we encourage students to think outside of their silos, looking at business challenges with a holistic approach rather than focusing on niche issues. 

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Taking a holistic approach

EM-Lab projects address business challenges in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. Students work with their hosts to improve marketing, operations, or strategy, while also taking a holistic cross-functional approach to address the company’s needs.

Past companies include:

• Amazon
• Apple
• BD
• BMW
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Citi
• Dell
• Google
• IDEO
• iSlide
• Microsoft
• NASDAQ
• NPR
• Philips
• Proctor & Gamble/Gillette
• Rave Mobile
• SAP
• Verizon
• VMWare
• Wayfair

The class

Enterprise Management Lab (EM-Lab) develops students’ abilities to take an integrated approach to solving the most pressing challenges facing today’s businesses. EM-Lab combines classroom lectures and faculty mentorship with challenging project work for real companies. The companies represent leaders and innovators in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. EM-Lab students work in small teams on tightly scoped projects focused on marketing, operations, and/or strategy for host companies. Though projects may take place in one of these functional areas, students are encouraged to stretch their thinking beyond their projects’ primary functional domain to develop holistic solutions. The projects culminate with the student teams giving formal presentations to their host companies that feature the teams’ findings and recommendations. 

Requirements

EM-Lab is only available to students studying in the Enterprise Management Certificate of the MIT Sloan MBA program, and must be taken during their first fall semester. 

Interested in applying?

If your company is interested in becoming a host for EM-Lab, please contact Dr. Sharmila C. Chatterjee, academic head of the Enterprise Management Certificate, at sharmila@mit.edu.