MIT Sloan Uncovers How To Predict Which Employees Will Thrive Under Pressure
MIT Sloan posted an article on its blog this week about a recent paper published by operations research professor Juan Pablo Vielma, operations management professor Tauhid Zaman, and graduate student Carter Mundell on predicting that rare breed of employee who seems to relish performing under pressure. Continue reading…
MIT Sloan Announces New Master of Business Analytics Degree
In a recent press release, MIT Sloan in collaboration with the MIT Operations Research Center unveiled its new Master of Business Analytics (M.B.An.) degree—a graduate program to compliment its undergraduate and doctoral offerings—slated to begin as part of the fall 2016 semester. The M.B.An. is intended to prepare students to apply “the tools of modern data science to solve problems in business and society.”
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Rutgers Business School Professors Among Winners of 2014 Faculty Awards
Three Rutgers Business School professors were among 35 faculty members across Rutgers University who received awards on May 7 honoring them for teaching, scholarly excellence and leadership.
Professor Jeffrey Robinson, who is part of the Management and Global Business faculty, was chosen to receive the Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. The award provides Robinson with $1,000 for research expenses. Dr. Robinson received a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Management from Columbia University. His research describes how business practices and entrepreneurship can be used to impact societal issues. He is the author of books and articles on such topics as social entrepreneurship, African American women in entrepreneurship, and patterns of Black employment. In 2007, he was selected as the recipient of the Aspen Institute’s Social Impact Faculty Pioneer Award for his research, service and teaching activities at the intersection of business and society. In 2011, his course, Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, was recognized as a model of Innovative Entrepreneurship Education by the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Continue reading…
