Principal Investigator Sharmila Chatterjee
Co-investigators Andrew Scott Keating , David Birnbach , Roberta Pittore , John Grant
Project Website http://mitsloan.mit.edu/actionlearning/labs/em-lab.php
The Enterprise Management Lab (EM-Lab) is designed to develop students’ abilities to take an intergrated approach to solving the most pressing challenges of today’s businesses. As with all Action Learning initiatives, 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 be housed 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 creating formal presentations for their client companies that feature the teams’ findings and recommendations.
EM-Lab project work typically takes place over an eight-week period starting in October. Students receive project descriptions from participating companies and work with their respective clients for several hours per week. The projects culminate with the student teams creating formal presentations for their client companies that feature the teams’ findings and recommendations.
The goal of every EM-Lab project is to promote an integrated mindset through which students will view and address business issues.