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Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Programs of Study

At Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), the integration of business and technology drives every aspect of the graduate management programs. The future of management lies in leveraging the power of technology to optimize business opportunities. WPI stays ahead of the curve, giving students the knowledge to combine sound strategies with cutting-edge innovation and the confidence to contribute meaningfully within a global competitive environment.

WPI offers an M.B.A. and three Master of Science (M.S.) programs: Information Technology, Marketing and Technological Innovation, and Operations Design and Leadership. All programs are accredited by AACSB International–The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

The M.B.A. requires the completion of 49 credits. Students acquire both the managerial toolset and the executive-level perspective, all with an application toward leading within technology-driven environments. Specialization areas are formed within the 12-credit elective block. The program concludes with a company-sponsored capstone project. The result is WPI graduates hit the ground running; WPI’s placement record and alumni success rival any school in the U.S.

The M.S. in Information Technology (MSIT) is a 35-credit program aimed at preparing business-minded IT professionals. MSIT students select from the following 12-credit concentrations: applications development, entrepreneurship, information security management, manufacturing and service IT applications, marketing IT applications, or project management.

The M.S. in Marketing and Technological Innovation (MSMTI) is a 32-credit program focused on developing and marketing new technology products and services. The program includes 18 elective credits within which students customize their specialization.

The M.S. in Operations Design and Leadership (MSODL) is a 35-credit program that provides students with the production management knowledge and leadership skills needed to optimize organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Students may customize their elective track or select either a supply chain management or process design track.

Research Facilities

The Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation capitalizes upon the synergy between WPI’s many different entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives. It offers programs that nurture entrepreneurship and innovation and accelerate knowledge and action in the transfer of technology, working frequently with entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, incubators, small-business organizations, service providers, private foundations, and government organizations.

The Information Technology Research Centers consist of a number of component centers or research projects that work together on information technology–related topics. Its mission is to foster cooperative industry-university efforts to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of organizations through improved information technology practices.

The Center for Research in Electronic Commerce Technology is an industry-university consortium that works to improve the delivery of information through the Internet and investigates how to best utilize emerging software and hardware technologies in support of electronic commerce.

The George C. Gordon Library contains over 42,000 electronic journals and more than 900 hard-copy journals, 40,000 electronic books, and 300,000 print books. The library also maintains subscriptions to over 150 databases.

Financial Aid

The Robert H. Goddard Graduate Research Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis across all fields of study; these fellowships provide recipients with a twelve-month stipend and tuition support. The Department has a limited number of graduate management assistantships, which are available for entering full-time students and provide compensation of up to $4800 per academic year in exchange for working with a faculty member in a research or administrative capacity. Financial assistance is also available in the form of student loans; students must be enrolled in 2 or more courses per semester to qualify. Many part-time graduate students receive tuition benefits from their employers.

Cost of Study

In the 2008–09 academic year, tuition is $1089 per credit hour. Full-time students are expected to enroll in a minimum of 9 credit hours each semester (fall and spring).

Living and Housing Costs

The cost of living in Worcester is relatively affordable, especially in relation to neighboring Boston. On-campus graduate student housing is limited. Apartments and rooms in private homes near the campus are available at varying costs. For further information and apartment listings, students should visit the Residential Services Office online at http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/RSO/Offcampus/.

Student Group

M.B.A. and M.S. students have the analytic aptitude necessary to complete a technology-focused business program. The majority of WPI graduate management students come from engineering or science backgrounds, though that is not a prerequisite for admission. There are approximately 250 graduate students in the Department of Management. Twenty-eight percent of the students are women, and 19 percent are international students.

Location

The university is located on an 80-acre campus in a residential section of Worcester in the heart of New England’s high-tech corridor. Worcester, the second-largest city in New England, has a dozen colleges and an unusual variety of cultural opportunities. Located three blocks from the campus, the nationally famous Worcester Art Museum contains one of the finest permanent collections in the country. From the renowned Worcester Music Festival to Foothills Theatre, the community provides outstanding programs in music and theater. Professional hockey, baseball, and arena football league teams all call Worcester home. Easily reached for recreation are Boston and Cape Cod to the east and the Berkshires to the west; good skiing is nearby to the north. Complete athletic and recreational facilities and a program of concerts and special events are available on campus.

The Institute

Founded in 1865, Worcester Polytechnic Institute is one of the nation’s earliest and most prestigious technological universities. Its eighteen academic departments offer more than fifty degree programs to over 4,000 students. WPI’s reputation for research is outstanding, with professors working on cutting-edge research and more than twenty project centers around the world. WPI is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 65 doctoral universities by U.S. News & World Report. WPI’s part-time M.B.A. program is ranked number 1 in the Northeast and number 9 in the U.S. by BusinessWeek.

Applying

Admission to WPI is competitive. Candidates should have a high likelihood of success in a challenging, technology-focused management program, based on their academic and professional records. Applicants should have the analytic aptitude and academic preparation necessary to complete a technology-oriented management program, including a minimum of three semesters of college-level math or two semesters of college-level calculus.

Applications are available online at http://mgt.wpi.edu/Graduate/admission.html. Prospective students must submit an application form, official transcripts from all previously attended colleges/universities, three letters of recommendation, official GMAT scores (GRE may be substituted for M.S. applicants), and a $70 application fee. Students whose native language is not English and who have not received a degree from an institution where the language of instruction is English are required to submit official TOEFL scores.

Applications are evaluated on a rolling basis, but it is recommended that applicants submit them before July 1 for fall admission (June 1 for international students) and November 1 for spring admission (October 1 for international students).

The Faculty and Their Research

McRae C. Banks, Professor, Department Head, and Director, Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Ph.D., Virginia Tech. Entrepreneurial teams, rural entrepreneurship, economic development and entrepreneurship, strategic planning in small and entrepreneurial companies, entrepreneurship in technological organizations, re-engineering business education.
Erwin Danneels, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Penn State. Growth and renewal of corporations through product innovation, nature and consequences of product innovativeness, characteristics of corporations with innovative new-product programs, performance effects of innovative new-product programs.
Soussan Djamasbi, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Hawaii at Manoa. Decision making, decision support systems, information overload, decision making under crisis. affect and decision making.
Michael B. Elmes, Professor; Ph.D., Syracuse. Workplace resistance and ideological control, critical perspectives on spirituality in the workplace, implementation of IT in organizations, organizations in the natural environment, narrative and aesthetic perspectives on organizational phenomena, psychodynamics of group and intergroup behavior.
Arthur Gerstenfeld, Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Industrial engineering, innovation.
Huong Ngo Higgins, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Georgia State. Financial accounting, focusing on earnings expectation and international accounting.
Sharon A. Johnson, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program; Ph.D., Cornell. Lean process design, enterprise engineering, process analysis and modeling, reverse logistics.
Chickery J. Kasouf, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Syracuse. Product management, marketing strategy in fragmented industries, innovation management, marketing information use, strategic alliances.
Eleanor Loiacono, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Georgia. Web site quality, information systems accessibility, e-commerce, affect in information systems.
Fabienne Miller, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State. Managerial accounting and contracting in inter- and intra-firm relationships.
Kankana Mukherjee, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Connecticut. Efficiency and productivity analysis applied to manufacturing, banking, and other sectors.
John T. O’Connor, Professor; Ph.D., Notre Dame. Economics, finance, accounting, medical-care financial and delivery systems.
Jerome J. Schaufeld, Visiting Instructor of Entrepreneurship; M.B.A., Northeastern. Entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, business acquisition and development.
Diane M. Strong, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon. Advanced information technologies, such as enterprise systems, and their use in organizations; MIS quality issues, with primary focus on data and information quality.
Steven S. Taylor, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Boston College. Aesthetics of organizational action.
Bengisu Tulu, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Claremont. Medical informatics, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), information security, telecommunications and networking, system analysis and design.
Helen G. Vassallo, Professor; Ph.D., Clark. Organizational behavior, project management, management of planned change, management of biotechnology, medical product liability.
Amy Z. Zeng, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Penn State. Modeling and analysis of decisions in supply and/or distribution networks, applications of operations research and operations management techniques to supply chain process design and improvement, global supply chain management and international business.
Willie Zhao, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Temple. Corporate governance, international finance/business, financial markets/institutions.
Joe Zhu, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts Amherst. Information technology and productivity, e-business, performance evaluation and benchmarking.

Correspondence and Information

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Department of Management
100 Institute Road
Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-2280
Telephone: 508-831-5218
Fax: 508-831-5720
Email: mgt@wpi.edu

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WPI stays ahead of the curve, giving students the knowledge to combine sound strategies with cutting-edge innovation and the confidence to contribute meaningfully within a global competitive environment. WPI offers an M.B.A. and three Master of Science (M.S.) programs: Information Technology, Marketing and Technological Innovation, and Operations Design and Leadership. All programs are accredited by AACSB International–The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The M.B.A. requires the completion of 49 credits. Students acquire both the managerial toolset and the executive-level perspective, all with an application toward leading within technology-driven environments. Specialization areas are formed within the 12-credit elective block. The program concludes with a company-sponsored capstone project. The result is WPI graduates hit the ground running; WPI’s placement record and alumni success rival any school in the U.S. The M.S. in Information Technology (MSIT) is a 35-credit program aimed at preparing business-minded IT professionals. MSIT students select from the following 12-credit concentrations: applications development, entrepreneurship, information security management, manufacturing and service IT applications, marketing IT applications, or project management. The M.S. in Marketing and Technological Innovation (MSMTI) is a 32-credit program focused on developing and marketing new technology products and services. The program includes 18 elective credits within which students customize their specialization. The M.S. in Operations Design and Leadership (MSODL) is a 35-credit program that provides students with the production management knowledge and leadership skills needed to optimize organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Students may customize their elective track or select either a supply chain management or process design track. Research Facilities The Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation capitalizes upon the synergy between WPI’s many different entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives. It offers programs that nurture entrepreneurship and innovation and accelerate knowledge and action in the transfer of technology, working frequently with entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, incubators, small-business organizations, service providers, private foundations, and government organizations. The Information Technology Research Centers consist of a number of component centers or research projects that work together on information technology–related topics. Its mission is to foster cooperative industry-university efforts to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of organizations through improved information technology practices. The Center for Research in Electronic Commerce Technology is an industry-university consortium that works to improve the delivery of information through the Internet and investigates how to best utilize emerging software and hardware technologies in support of electronic commerce. The George C. Gordon Library contains over 42,000 electronic journals and more than 900 hard-copy journals, 40,000 electronic books, and 300,000 print books. The library also maintains subscriptions to over 150 databases. Financial Aid The Robert H. Goddard Graduate Research Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis across all fields of study; these fellowships provide recipients with a twelve-month stipend and tuition support. The Department has a limited number of graduate management assistantships, which are available for entering full-time students and provide compensation of up to $4800 per academic year in exchange for working with a faculty member in a research or administrative capacity. Financial assistance is also available in the form of student loans; students must be enrolled in 2 or more courses per semester to qualify. Many part-time graduate students receive tuition benefits from their employers. Cost of Study In the 2008–09 academic year, tuition is $1089 per credit hour. Full-time students are expected to enroll in a minimum of 9 credit hours each semester (fall and spring). Living and Housing Costs The cost of living in Worcester is relatively affordable, especially in relation to neighboring Boston. On-campus graduate student housing is limited. Apartments and rooms in private homes near the campus are available at varying costs. For further information and apartment listings, students should visit the Residential Services Office online at http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/RSO/Offcampus/. Student Group M.B.A. and M.S. students have the analytic aptitude necessary to complete a technology-focused business program. The majority of WPI graduate management students come from engineering or science backgrounds, though that is not a prerequisite for admission. There are approximately 250 graduate students in the Department of Management. Twenty-eight percent of the students are women, and 19 percent are international students. Location The university is located on an 80-acre campus in a residential section of Worcester in the heart of New England’s high-tech corridor. Worcester, the second-largest city in New England, has a dozen colleges and an unusual variety of cultural opportunities. Located three blocks from the campus, the nationally famous Worcester Art Museum contains one of the finest permanent collections in the country. From the renowned Worcester Music Festival to Foothills Theatre, the community provides outstanding programs in music and theater. Professional hockey, baseball, and arena football league teams all call Worcester home. Easily reached for recreation are Boston and Cape Cod to the east and the Berkshires to the west; good skiing is nearby to the north. Complete athletic and recreational facilities and a program of concerts and special events are available on campus. The Institute Founded in 1865, Worcester Polytechnic Institute is one of the nation’s earliest and most prestigious technological universities. Its eighteen academic departments offer more than fifty degree programs to over 4,000 students. WPI’s reputation for research is outstanding, with professors working on cutting-edge research and more than twenty project centers around the world. WPI is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 65 doctoral universities by U.S. News & World Report. WPI’s part-time M.B.A. program is ranked number 1 in the Northeast and number 9 in the U.S. by BusinessWeek. Applying Admission to WPI is competitive. Candidates should have a high likelihood of success in a challenging, technology-focused management program, based on their academic and professional records. Applicants should have the analytic aptitude and academic preparation necessary to complete a technology-oriented management program, including a minimum of three semesters of college-level math or two semesters of college-level calculus. Applications are available online at http://mgt.wpi.edu/Graduate/admission.html. Prospective students must submit an application form, official transcripts from all previously attended colleges/universities, three letters of recommendation, official GMAT scores (GRE may be substituted for M.S. applicants), and a $70 application fee. Students whose native language is not English and who have not received a degree from an institution where the language of instruction is English are required to submit official TOEFL scores. Applications are evaluated on a rolling basis, but it is recommended that applicants submit them before July 1 for fall admission (June 1 for international students) and November 1 for spring admission (October 1 for international students). The Faculty and Their Research McRae C. Banks, Professor, Department Head, and Director, Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Ph.D., Virginia Tech. Entrepreneurial teams, rural entrepreneurship, economic development and entrepreneurship, strategic planning in small and entrepreneurial companies, entrepreneurship in technological organizations, re-engineering business education. Erwin Danneels, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Penn State. Growth and renewal of corporations through product innovation, nature and consequences of product innovativeness, characteristics of corporations with innovative new-product programs, performance effects of innovative new-product programs. Soussan Djamasbi, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Hawaii at Manoa. Decision making, decision support systems, information overload, decision making under crisis. affect and decision making. Michael B. Elmes, Professor; Ph.D., Syracuse. Workplace resistance and ideological control, critical perspectives on spirituality in the workplace, implementation of IT in organizations, organizations in the natural environment, narrative and aesthetic perspectives on organizational phenomena, psychodynamics of group and intergroup behavior. Arthur Gerstenfeld, Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Industrial engineering, innovation. Huong Ngo Higgins, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Georgia State. Financial accounting, focusing on earnings expectation and international accounting. Sharon A. Johnson, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program; Ph.D., Cornell. Lean process design, enterprise engineering, process analysis and modeling, reverse logistics. Chickery J. Kasouf, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Syracuse. Product management, marketing strategy in fragmented industries, innovation management, marketing information use, strategic alliances. Eleanor Loiacono, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Georgia. Web site quality, information systems accessibility, e-commerce, affect in information systems. Fabienne Miller, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State. Managerial accounting and contracting in inter- and intra-firm relationships. Kankana Mukherjee, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Connecticut. Efficiency and productivity analysis applied to manufacturing, banking, and other sectors. John T. O’Connor, Professor; Ph.D., Notre Dame. Economics, finance, accounting, medical-care financial and delivery systems. Jerome J. Schaufeld, Visiting Instructor of Entrepreneurship; M.B.A., Northeastern. Entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, business acquisition and development. Diane M. Strong, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon. Advanced information technologies, such as enterprise systems, and their use in organizations; MIS quality issues, with primary focus on data and information quality. Steven S. Taylor, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Boston College. Aesthetics of organizational action. Bengisu Tulu, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Claremont. Medical informatics, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), information security, telecommunications and networking, system analysis and design. Helen G. Vassallo, Professor; Ph.D., Clark. Organizational behavior, project management, management of planned change, management of biotechnology, medical product liability. Amy Z. Zeng, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Penn State. Modeling and analysis of decisions in supply and/or distribution networks, applications of operations research and operations management techniques to supply chain process design and improvement, global supply chain management and international business. Willie Zhao, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Temple. Corporate governance, international finance/business, financial markets/institutions. Joe Zhu, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts Amherst. Information technology and productivity, e-business, performance evaluation and benchmarking. Correspondence and Information Worcester Polytechnic Institute Department of Management 100 Institute Road Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-2280 Telephone: 508-831-5218 Fax: 508-831-5720 Email: mgt@wpi.edu
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