The
Management & Technology Summer Institute (M&TSI) is a for credit
summer program for rising high school seniors who want to
learn about the integration of technological concepts and management principles.
Sponsored by The Jerome Fisher Program in Management and
Technology, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, M&TSI features classes
taught by leading faculty and successful entrepreneurs, field trips to
companies and R&D facilities, intensive team projects, as well as
other activities designed to give students the opportunity to learn
about the principles and practice of technological innovation. This
three-week for-credit program will take place from July 9 through
July 29, 2006.As the pace of technological advance intensifies, business
and technical leaders will need to continue to increase their
flexibility and augment their knowledge. M&TSI is designed to
introduce students to the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for
successfully linking technology and management concepts in the 21st century.
By participating in coursework as well as co-curricular activities,
M&TSI students will:
* Be introduced to
core engineering and business disciplines, as well as the academic
and career opportunities available in the fields of engineering and
business
* Develop a “go to market”
plan for a high technology product idea and present the
concept to a group of potential customers and distributors at
a new product fair
* Visit relevant
business enterprises in order to explore the qualities essential to
a managing a technology oriented firm
*
Work with a small team of talented and diverse students
on group projects and case studies
*
Participate in seminars designed to stimulate new ways of thinking,
encourage risk taking and necessitate reliance on the group’s collective
knowledge to solve complex problems
* Learn
about Penn, Philadelphia and historical concepts of technological innovation developed
by Benjamin Franklin
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