MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
MIT COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY (CSAIL)
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE:
IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS STRATEGY
Gain the knowledge and confidence to support the integration of AI into your organization.
Certificate Track: Management and Leadership
THIS PROGRAM
IS FOR YOU IF:
You’re looking for a grounding You’re interested in learning You want proof of your
in AI and its business about the selected AI areas of knowledge in the form
applications in order to machine learning, robotics, of a certificate of completion
innovate in your work and help and natural language from the MIT Sloan School
transform your organization. processing. of Management.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?
This program is designed to prepare those with strategic decision-making responsibilities – such as aspiring
managers, current managers, and high-level executives – to effectively analyze, articulate, and apply key AI
management and leadership insights in their work and that of their teams and organizations.
If you’re an experienced business person in a middle management position or higher, or you’re able to have
an influence on decision making in your role, this program will be relevant to you. Whether you’re a manager
leading team productivity and looking for a way to unlock new opportunities; a business executive driving
innovation, new product development, and market differentiation; a data analyst using or wanting to use AI to
understand customer behavior; a marketing and sales specialist producing value-added content to engage with
customers; or a data scientist looking to understand business applications when developing AI programs, this
program will benefit your work.
At MIT Sloan Executive Education, we are focused on bridging the energy,
engagement, and idea flow of physical in-person teaching and learning
into online experiences. We aim to positively modify individual and
collective behaviors that participants will take back to their teams and
propagate throughout their organizations.
– PAUL MCDONAGH-SMITH, DIGITAL CAPABILITY LEADER, MIT SLOAN EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
MIT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONLINE SHORT COURSE
WHAT YOU WHAT IS MIT SLOAN?
WILL LEARN
Find out more about
THE MIT SLOAN
This online short course integrates rich, interactive media such as SCHOOL OF
videos, infographics, and e-learning activities, as well as traditional MANAGEMENT
didactic components including written study guides (course notes).
There are also opportunities for collaborative learning through
discussion forums. The following modules** contribute to the holistic
approach your learning path takes:
**Please note that modules are subject to change during course
development and review.
ORIENTATION MODULE
MODULE
1 WEEK
WELCOME TO YOUR ONLINE CAMPUS
You’ll be welcomed with a personal call and get introduced
to your online teaching and technical support network. Begin
connecting with fellow participants while exploring the navigation
and tools of your Online Campus. Be alerted to key milestones in
the learning path, and review how your results will be calculated
and distributed.
You’ll be required to complete your participant profile, confirm
your certificate delivery address, and submit a digital copy
of your passport/identity document.
MODULE 1
AN INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
This introductory module guides you through the evolution of key
AI technologies and how they have developed to transform industry
and business practice. The relationship between AI and collective
intelligence, as well as the implications of this partnership for
business strategy and society are also introduced. As part of
an ongoing project, you’ll begin to consider your own organization
in terms of the application of AI technologies.
MIT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONLINE SHORT COURSE
MODULE 2
MACHINE LEARNING IN BUSINESS
In this module, you’ll explore the core concepts of machine
learning – an AI technology which aims to design, understand,
and use computer programs to learn from experience. Discover
how machine learning can be successfully integrated into business
functions through rich case studies and faculty-led videos that
examine the opportunities that this subfield of AI affords.
For your ongoing project, you’ll propose ideas for the application
of machine learning in a business context of your choice.
MODULE 3
NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING IN BUSINESS
This module is devoted to natural language processing (NLP),
an AI technology developed to intelligently process human
language. Through rich case studies and faculty-led videos, which
explore functions such as machine translation, summarization,
and sentiment analysis, you’ll learn how NLP can be skillfully
deployed in a series of business contexts. For the next part of your
project, the focus will shift to NLP and its strategic implementation
in a business context of your choice.
Understanding the
MODULE 4
business value of
ROBOTICS IN BUSINESS
technologies such
This module delves into the key elements of robotics as a
as AI is essential to
transformative AI technology, with a focus on automating
processes and tasks. Through rich case studies and faculty-
staying ahead of
led videos that survey robots and autonomous vehicles, you’ll the competition. This
learn how robotics can benefit an organization. You’ll have the course allowed our
opportunity, once more, to submit ideas regarding the potential company to take the
for robotics to be deployed in a business context of your choice.
next step in terms of
creating custom AI
and machine learning
solutions for customers
looking to expand their
existing applications.
– ABDUL DREMALI, HEAD OF
INNOVATION AT ANDPLUS,
PAST PARTICIPANT
MIT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONLINE SHORT COURSE
WHAT IS MIT CSAIL?
MODULE 5
Find out more about
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
In this module, you’ll see examples of other kinds of AI as well THE MIT COMPUTER
as return to collective intelligence and the human-machine SCIENCE AND
relationship. Here you’ll also consider the impact of AI on jobs, ARTIFICIAL
and the ethical and social implications of AI integration. INTELLIGENCE
You’ll be tasked with anticipating and planning for the risks LABORATORY
and considerations that may apply to integrating AI in a business
context of your choice.
MODULE 6
THE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
This module will allow you to imagine the future of AI and its
potential use in your organization. Using what you have learned
from the previous modules, you’ll create a business roadmap for
the strategic implementation of AI and collective intelligence into
an organization of your choice.
I think information technology in general
is one of the most important factors causing
changes in business today, and for most
people AI is probably the most mysterious
kind of information technology. So this
course will help demystify AI for students,
and give them the confidence and the basic
knowledge they need to take advantage
of AI in their own organizations.
– THOMAS MALONE, PATRICK J. MCGOVERN (1959)
PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT
MIT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONLINE SHORT COURSE
