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MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative
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Our faculty researchers have deep expertise in operations management, organizational behavior, system dynamics, accounting, marketing, and finance.
Teaching Resources Library
Operations Management
PayPal and the Financial Wellness Initiative
In 2015, when Dan Schulman became CEO of PayPal, a digital payments company, many people thought of it as the button they clicked when paying for online purchases. In 2015, PayPal embarked on a new mission: using technology to democratize financial services. In Schulman’s words, it would “turn the ...
Aug 1, 2022
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Analyzing the Dynamics of Legacy Preferences in College Admissions
Why do many U.S. colleges give preference to applicants who are relatives of alumni? A new paper coauthored by MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla sheds light on this question.
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Organizational Culture
The Wisdom of Lotte Bailyn: Envisioning a New World of Work
For decades, MIT Sloan Professor Lotte Bailyn has been calling for changes in the way work is organized -- often in ways that have proven prescient.
Nov 20, 2023
Institute for Work and Employment Research
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...
Teaching Resources Library
Operations Management
Mud Bay's Good Jobs Journey
This case describes how leaders at Mud Bay, a chain of pet products based in Pacific Northwest, changed the way they operated their business from 2014 to 2017. They adopted a framework that included heavy investment in people with operational choices that leverage that investment by increasing produ...
Feb 2, 2019
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Human Resources
Shedding New Light on Contract Employment
New research by MIT Sloan Professor Paul Osterman finds more than one in ten U.S. workers are contract employees—and that they earn less on average than comparable employees in standard jobs and receive less company-provided training.
Apr 13, 2023
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Human Resources
Journal Plans Special Issue Honoring Mary Rowe’s Contributions to Ombuds Field
The Journal of the International Ombuds Association (JIOA) has announced plans for a special issue focused on the scholarly contributions of MIT Sloan Adjunct Professor Mary P. Rowe and their impact on our understanding of the ombuds profession.
May 11, 2023
Work and Organization Studies
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The Work and Organization Studies group is a hub for the study of work, employment, and organizations, and is host to one of the longest-running seminar series at MIT.