The Aerospace Industry

Prior to every lecture, students are required to read the latest edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology , in addition to the assignments listed below from the required textbook: Murman et al. Lean Enterprise Value: Insights from MIT’s Lean Aerospace Initiative. Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. ISBN: 0333976975.

SES #: 2 · TOPICS: Current Events The 21st Century Enterprise Challenge · GUESTS: Dr. Robert Seamans · READINGS: Lean Enterprise Value, preface, ch. 1

SES #: 3 · TOPICS: Current Events The Cold War Legacy · GUESTS: Prof. Sheila Widnall · READINGS: Lean Enterprise Value, ch. 2

SES #: 4 · TOPICS: Current Events Monuments and Misalignments · GUESTS: Mr. Allen Haggerty · READINGS: Lean Enterprise Value, ch. 3

SES #: 5 · TOPICS: Current Events Lean Thinking · GUESTS: Dr. Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld · READINGS: Lean Enterprise Value, ch. 4

SES #: 6 · TOPICS: Current Events Islands of Success · GUESTS: Prof. Wesley Harris · READINGS: Lean Enterprise Value, ch. 5

SES #: 7 · TOPICS: Current Events Lean Enterprises · GUESTS: Prof. Deborah Nightingale · READINGS: Lean Enterprise Value, ch. 6

SES #: 8 · TOPICS: Current Events A Value-Creation Framework and Program Value · GUESTS: Prof. Raymond Leopold Prof. Annalisa Weigel · READINGS: Lean Enterprise Value, ch. 7-8

SES #: 9 · TOPICS: Current Events Value in Corporate and Government Enterprises · GUESTS: Col. John Keesee Ms. Heidi Wood Dr. Myles Walton · READINGS: Lean Enterprise Value, ch. 9

SES #: 10 · TOPICS: Current Events Value at National and International Levels · GUESTS: Prof. Daniel Hastings · READINGS: Lean Enterprise Value, ch. 10-11

Readings from the following textbook and magazine will be assigned:

Murman, et al. Lean Enterprise Value: Insights from MIT’s Lean Aerospace Initiative. Palgrave Macmillan, March 2002. ISBN: 0333976975.