MIT Sloan
Executive Education Faculty
Jay Forrester
Professor Emeritus of Management
System Dynamics
Jay W. Forrester founded the growing field of system dynamics. His research includes the System Dynamics National Model, which generates the major observed modes of economic behavior; a new type of dynamics-based management education; and system dynamics as a unifying theme in pre-college education.
A pioneer in early digital computer development, Forrester invented random-access magnetic-core memory during the first wave of modern computers...
Read More»Jay W. Forrester founded the growing field of system dynamics. His research includes the System Dynamics National Model, which generates the major observed modes of economic behavior; a new type of dynamics-based management education; and system dynamics as a unifying theme in pre-college education.
A pioneer in early digital computer development, Forrester invented random-access magnetic-core memory during the first wave of modern computers.
Forrester has received numerous awards for his books, nine honorary degrees from universities around the world, and the National Medal of Technology, awarded by the President of the United States. Close«
Group(s):
System Dynamics; Operations Management
General Expertise:
Advertising; Automotive; Consumer packaged goods; Environmental leadership; Environmental policy; K-12 education; System dynamics; Virtual customer; Web-based marketing; Applied economics; Supply chain management; Business process modeling; Corporate strategy and policy; Customer relationships and CRM; Deflation; Entrepreneurship / New ventures; Game theory; Management of technology; Managerial economics; Market research; Marketing; Nonlinear dynamics; Statistics
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Office: E60-156
Tel: 617-253-1571
Fax: 978-369-9077
Email: jforestr@mit.edu
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CLE Conference: Fireside chat with Jay Forrester, Peter Senge, George Richardson, and Dennis Meadows
At the Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling conference, attendees can ask personal questions of some of the excellent pioneers in the field of... more
IEEE recognizes the first the first high-speed digital computer
In October 1940, 13 months after the outbreak of World War II in Europe and 14 months before the United States entered the war, the newly formed... more
IEEE honors MIT milestones in computing and navigation
MITs Project Whirlwind computer, developed beginning in 1944 in a building at 211 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge, was the first computer ever to use... more
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