The
Sloan Fellows program is a mid-career Masters' degree in General Management and Leadership supported by a grant from the
Alfred P. Sloan FoundationThe Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic non-profit organization in the United States. It was established in 1934 by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., then-President and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors....
. It is targeted at experienced managers who have already demonstrated a significant degree of career success (either within organisations or as entrepreneurs). Alfred P. Sloan was the Chairman of General Motors from 1937 to 1956, and envisioned the Sloan Fellowship as a means of developing the 'Ideal Manager'.
The
Sloan Fellows program is a mid-career Masters' degree in General Management and Leadership supported by a grant from the
Alfred P. Sloan FoundationThe Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic non-profit organization in the United States. It was established in 1934 by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., then-President and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors....
. It is targeted at experienced managers who have already demonstrated a significant degree of career success (either within organisations or as entrepreneurs). Alfred P. Sloan was the Chairman of General Motors from 1937 to 1956, and envisioned the Sloan Fellowship as a means of developing the 'Ideal Manager'. The majority of the Sloan Fellows take on executive level roles in the global marketplace following the program.
The program was started at the
MIT Sloan School of ManagementThe MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States...
in 1940, which still has the largest Sloan Fellows program. In the following decades, the program was expanded to include
Sloan Master's at
Stanford Graduate School of BusinessThe Stanford Graduate School of Business is one of the professional schools of Stanford University, in Stanford, California...
and
Sloan Fellowship at
London Business SchoolLondon Business School is a leading international business school and a constituent college of the University of London. It is considered to be one of the world’s most highly regarded business schools and its flagship MBA program is frequently ranked among the global top five...
.
The three programmes comprise a mix of company- and self-sponsored candidates. In all three programmes, a significant degree of experience is required for admission. This is in keeping with Alfred P. Sloan's conviction that experienced managers would benefit best from the programme. Alumni of all three programmes describe it as 'transformational', in keeping with the original vision of preparing successful managers for senior business leadership.
Unlike
Executive MBAAn Executive MBA Program is for experienced professionals to obtain a master’s degree in Business Administration in such a way as to minimize disruption to their work schedule. Such programs include a cohort class structure that offers a planned curriculum in an executive setting...
programs which are part-time over 18-36 months, the Sloan Fellows program is a full-time year of intensive study. MIT offers both a twelve-months full-time as well as a 2 years "flex" version for
MassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Most of its population of...
residents.
StanfordThe Stanford Graduate School of Business is one of the professional schools of Stanford University, in Stanford, California...
's ten-month full-time program concludes with an International Study Trip
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sloan/. At
LondonLondon Business School is a leading international business school and a constituent college of the University of London. It is considered to be one of the world’s most highly regarded business schools and its flagship MBA program is frequently ranked among the global top five...
, the degree lasts for 11 months, it includes international field trip and ends with a major research project in summer
http://www.london.edu/sloanfellowship/Programme%20details.html.
Sloan Fellows at MIT may opt for an M.B.A. degree, an SM in management, or an SM in the management of technology depending on their curricular and research choices. Sloan Fellows at Stanford are awarded a Master of Science in Management degree. Sloan Fellows at London Business School are awarded a Sloan Fellowship MSc.
Sloan Fellow alumni include, among others,
Kofi AnnanKofi Atta Annan, Honorary GCMG is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 2007. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.-Early years and family:Kofi Annan was born in the...
(MIT SF '72) and
Carly FiorinaCara Carleton "Carly" Fiorina is an American businesswoman. Fiorina served as chief executive officer at Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005...
(MIT SF '89).
See also
Wikipedia list of prominent Sloan Fellows