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ment and professional development. MAP/IMAP are the
centerpiece of Michigan’s bold and innovative curriculum,
which is designed to develop advanced capabilities for
results-producing leadership, personal effectiveness and
adaptability. MAP projects take place domestically, while
IMAP projects occur in locations around the world.
MAP/IMAP is a central piece of our core curriculum, a
key way we act on our central philosophy that effective people
– and leaders – are a select subset of smart people. It is not a
superficial add-on or a side project but, rather, a 7-week, fully
engaging, full-time experience spent primarily inside one of
the businesses or other organiza-
MAP CORPORATE tions that serve as Michigan’s
PARTNERSHIPS
educational partners. Partners
Recent Partners include range from major multinationals to
3M Company
small manufacturing, service and
Apple
high-technology firms. Michigan
Domino’s Pizza, LLC
works with these partners to iden-
Estee Lauder
tify areas of need that yield
Ford Motor Company
JP Morgan Chase
education-enhancing assignments
Northwest Airlines surrounding important business
Sprint
issues – from launching e-business
Pitney Bowes Financial Services
initiatives and strategic planning
Valassis Communications
to product development, and from
Wal . Mart Stores, Inc.
manufacturing to administration.
Students work on these assignments
as part of diverse teams and ultimately present
findings and recommendations to faculty and host-organization
executives.
Michigan brings significant resources to bear to make
MAP/IMAP a multi-dimensional developmental experience,
one that yields sophisticated knowledge and skills of value in
any field or profession. Throughout MAP/IMAP, students
work with a cross-functional, six-member faculty team, which
provides expertise, advice and coaching.
MAP/IMAP is ambitious and very demanding. Learning
happens in real time – just as the nuances of applying new
knowledge and tools meet the realities of a working business
environment and the pressure to produce results. Fundamentally,
that’s what makes it so effective.
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MAP is an excellent
venue for building
confidence, humility,
intuition, judgment…
and all the other value-added skills
a business leader must have.
Jane Dutton, William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration
and Professor of Organizational Behavior
MAP/IMAP continues to earn high marks as an educational
model perfectly matched to the demands of today’s
business world. Faculty benefit from the collaborative teaching
format. Students describe it as one of the most intense
learning experiences of their lives. Corporations use it as an
opportunity to thoroughly analyze a business challenge. And
corporate recruiters have referred to it as one of the best
things to come out of any business school in decades.
Experiential Learning Opportunities
Many Michigan students compound their experience-based
professional development through summer internship opportunities,
with project courses during the second year of the
MBA program and by actively participating in clubs and
organizations. The Domestic Corps and student-initiated and
student-organized conferences are two options for this kind
of further development. Advanced-level in-company learning
options outside the United States, such as those through the
William Davidson Institute, are outlined in the International
Opportunities section of this brochure.
The Domestic Corps
Corporate citizenship has long been a priority at Michigan.
As we say again and again to our students: with exceptional
privilege comes exceptional responsibility. Through the
Domestic Corps, we give students the opportunity to exercise
their skills in the dynamic and challenging venue of economically
distressed, culturally diverse areas of the United
States. Participating students offer organizational stability