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Integrating the Lean Enterprise

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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This class addresses some of the important issues involved with the planning, development, and implementation of lean enterprises. People, technology, process, and management dimensions of an effective lean manufacturing company are considered in a unified framework. Particular emphasis is placed on the integration of these dimensions acros

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Nightingale, Deborah

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Marketing, Microchips and McDonalds: Debating Globalization

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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Everyday we are bombarded with the word "global" and encouraged to see globalization as the quintessential transformation of our age. But what exactly does "globalization" mean? How is it affecting the lives of people around the world, not only in economic, but social and cultural terms? How do contemporary changes compare with those from o

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Walley, Christine

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Sustainable Design and Technology Research Workshop

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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This workshop investigates the current state of sustainability in regards to architecture, from the level of the tectonic detail to the urban environment. Current research and case studies will be investigated, and students will propose their own solutions as part of the final project.

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Teaching College-Level Science

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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This seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. Topics include: using current research in student learning to improve teaching; developing courses; lecturing; promoting students' ability to think critically and solve problems; communicating with a diverse student body; usi

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Breslow, Lori

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Introduction to Transportation Systems

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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1.201J/11.545J/ESD.210J is required for all first-year Master of Science in Transportation students. It would be of interest to, as well as accessible to, students in Urban Studies and Planning, Political Science, Technology and Policy, Management, and various engineering departments. It is a good subject for those who plan to take only one

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Transportation Systems Analysis: Demand and Economics

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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The main objective of this course is to give broad insight into the different facets of transportation systems, while providing a solid introduction to transportation demand and cost analyses. As part of the core in the Master of Science in Transportation program, the course will not focus on a specific transportation mode but will use the

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History of Media and Technology

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History of Media and Technology addresses the mutually influential histories of communications media and technological development, focusing on the shift from analog to digital cultures that began mid-century and continues to the present. The approach the series takes to the study of media and technology is a multifaceted one that includes

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Coleman, Beth

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Labor Economics I

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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The aim of this course is to acquaint students with traditional topics in labor economics and to encourage the development of independent research interests. This course is taught in two parts: Fall term and then in the subsequent Fall term.

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14.731 Economic History (MIT)

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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This course is a survey of world economic history, and it introduces economics students to the subject matter and methodology of economic history. It is designed to expand the range of empirical settings in students' research by drawing upon historical material and long-run data. Topics are chosen to show a wide variety of historical experi

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Hornbeck, Richard A.

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Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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Topics include productivity effects of health, private and social returns to education, education quality, education policy and market equilibrium, gender discrimination, public finance, decision making within families, firms and contracts, technology, labor and migration, land, and the markets for credit and savings.

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Development Economics: Macroeconomics

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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This course emphasizes dynamic models of growth and development. Topics covered include: migration, modernization, and technological change; static and dynamic models of political economy; the dynamics of income distribution and institutional change; firm structure in developing countries; development, transparency, and functioning of finan

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Ethics and the Law on the Electronic Frontier

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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This course considers the interaction between law, policy, and technology as they relate to the evolving controversies over control of the Internet. In addition, there will be an in-depth treatment of privacy and the notion of "transparency" -- regulations and technologies that govern the use of information, as well as access to information

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Technology-based Business Transformation

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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This course covers how to leverage major technology advances to significantly transform a business in the marketplace. There is a focus on major issues a business must deal with to transform its technical and market strategies successfully, including the organizational and cultural aspects that often cause such business transformations to f

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Wladawsky-Berger, Irving

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Communicating Across Cultures

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It has become commonplace knowledge that globalization is one of the major forces shaping our world. If we look at the spread of information, ideas, capital, media, cultural artifacts - or for that matter, people - we can see the boundaries and borders that have historically separated one country or one group from another are becoming more

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The Civil War and Reconstruction

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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Although attention will be devoted to the causes and long-term consequences of the Civil War, this class will focus primarily on the war years (1861-1865) with special emphasis on the military and technological aspects of the conflict. Four questions, long debated by historians, will receive close scrutiny: What caused the war? Why did the

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Smith, Merritt Roe

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From Print to Digital: Technologies of the Word, 1450-Present

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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English

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There has been much discussion in recent years, on this campus and elsewhere, about the death of the book. Digitization and various forms of electronic media, some critics say, are rendering the printed text as obsolete as the writing quill. In this subject, we will examine the claims for and against the demise of the book, but we will also

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Ravel, Jeffrey S.

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