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New Report on U.S. Workers' Organizing Efforts and Collective Actions
New Report on U.S. Workers' Organizing Efforts and Collective Actions
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Human Resources
Mud Bay's Good Jobs Journey
This 2019 MIT Sloan case by Zeynep Ton and Katie Bach describes how the executive team at Mud Bay, a privately held pet store chain based in Olympia, Washington, implemented a good jobs strategy by offering better wages and benefits and seeking to recoup the costs by increasing sales growth and lowe...
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Human Resources
Ideas for Hesitant Bystanders to Consider
Bystanders play an important role in addressing unacceptable behavior in organizations & communities—but may understandably hesitate to intervene. In a new article, longtime MIT ombuds Mary Rowe offers ideas and options for hesitant bystanders and those who counsel them.
Alumni
Thomas J. Allen, Beloved Sloanie Professor, Dies at 89
Thomas J. Allen, SM ’63, PhD ’66, a beloved member of the MIT Sloan community for more than half a century, died November 13 after a brief illness. He was 89.
Nov 25, 2020
The European Business Review | May 17, 2025
The Trouble With Meritocracy
Meritocracy has become an increasingly popular term. But MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla explains in The European Business Review that saying an organization is meritocratic can increase bias.
MIT News
This Nonprofit Is Proving That Creating Good Jobs Is Good Business
The Good Jobs Institute, founded by Professor of the Practice Zeynep Ton, helps companies improve frontline jobs and company performance.
MIT News
Creating the Steps to Make Organizational Sustainability Work
MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative Director Jason Jay, PhD ’10, helps organizations decide on and implement their sustainability goals
MIT Sloan Executive Education
Upcoming Exec Ed Course on "Leading the Future of Work"
MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Thomas A. Kochan of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) co-leads this executive education Course with MIT Professors David Autor and Sandy Pentland.