Praxis@MIT Sloan new course (formerly "Practicing Management")
Press release about last year's pilot of this class
Chronicle of Higher Education article about the class
15.990 Prepare, Act, Reflect:
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A management lab for getting things done
Full-semester Fall 2007
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course, meets MW 2:30-4:00; worth 9 units. Stellar site for the course. Flyer. Overview. Project criteria
Here's what we're telling students about the class:
After a year at MIT Sloan and a summer internship, you've learned - and put into practice - skills and tools for analyzing problems, generating solutions, and making recommendations. Yet the most effective managers go further: they know how to actually execute and to learn from experience. 15.990 is an innovative class that equips you to turn your great ideas into even better action.
Learning from action in a project you care about. 15.990 aims to help you to learn from every
This innovative class will help equip you to be the most effective manager you can be. To build
this effectiveness, we'll explore tools and theory relevant to the practice of management as the
art of getting things done. As part of the learning process, the class will encourage you to draw
together what you have been learning in your MIT Sloan classes, in your work experiences, and
in other ways you have already been working to make things happen.The objective of 15.990 is to help you to develop your own set of skills for learning from every
experience. Of course, taking action is a key part of learning from experiencethis, so you will work
on a project of your choosing throughout the semester. Each step of the wayYour project serves as our learning lab and provides the domain in which to test, explore, and practice the skills and tools you are targeting.As you work on your project, we'll work through
the prepare-act-reflect cycle in a way designed to maximize your effectiveness. And in doing so,
you will start making a difference while you're still here.
The course SloanPM:syllabus - draft 4/30.
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, a learning model grounded in research. By iterating through the learning loop, you benefit from testing your ideas quickly, exposing problems and opportunities earlier rather than later, refining and reworking your presentation of the key ideas behind your project, and building collaborations.
Feedback, shared commitment, results. Making the most of relevant research and theory, we'll focus on three sets of skills essential to getting things done effectively.
Giving and getting feedback: Eliciting feedback and acting on it; offering others your feedback (and making that part of a continuing relationship).
Building shared commitment: Pitching your ideas persuasively; pairing inquiry with advocacy; and motivating others to action and commitment.
Getting results at every step: Designing your own practice of following up to serve your project; making every meeting or other interpersonal interaction effective; and testing your ideas early and often.This is a course in which you choose the project and the specific skills you want to address. And we practice what we preach: taking into account the lessons of our own experience, this year's 15.990 promises a uniquely focused and carefully tailored opportunity to learn as you get things done.
How we presented last year's pilot version of this class
The Chronicle of Higher Education writes about our innovationin the April 27, 2007 issue
Archive of
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last year's course pages and information
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