Overview
MAP is a signature action-based learning course offered at the Ross School of Business. A MAP team consists of 4-6 Ross MBA students who receive guidance from Ross faculty advisors. Each project requires analytical rigor, critical thinking, and genuine teamwork. Sponsors receive top-notch deliverables and data-driven recommendations from the team of students with diverse skills, knowledge, backgrounds, and work experience.
WDI sources a number of international Multidisciplinary Action Projects (MAP) annually in conjunction with the Ross School of Business. Through the program, students work with global organizations on projects that focus on the design or improvement of an important business process, solving a real business problem, or exploring strategic market opportunities. WDI collaborates with large, medium, and small for-profit and nonprofit organizations in offering MAPs in emerging markets. Recent WDI-MAP partners include Abt Associates, Acumen Fund, Procter & Gamble, Pfizer, Philips Healthcare, GE Healthcare, ITC India Ltd., Imperial Health Sciences, CARE Bangladesh, Grassroots Business Fund, Aravind Eye Hospital, UNDP Mongolia, UNDP Jordan, TetraPak, etc.
WDI sponsored 11 MAP teams in 2019 as part of its mission to support international activities at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business:
- Aravind Eye Care System – India
- Awash Bank – Ethiopia
- CURE International – Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia
- Ghana Emergency Medicine Collaborative – Ghana
- Grace Care Center – Sri Lanka
- India Investment Fund – India
- Infra Group – Ethiopia
- International Clinical Labs – Ethiopia
- Lviv Business School – Ukrainian Catholic University
- MADE – Poornatha / Aparajitha – India
- The Ihangane Project – Rwanda
WDI has sponsored Multidisciplinary Action Projects (MAPs) in collaboration with the Ross School of Business since the mid 90s. Past projects include:
- WDI sponsored 9 MAP teams in 2018 with the following partners:
- Aparajitha Foundation – India
- Aravind Eye Care System – India
- Ghana Emergency Medicine Collaborative – Ghana
- Imperial Logistics – South Africa, Malawi, and Kenya
- Outbound Initiative – Brazil
- REFRESCH, University of Michigan – Gabon
- CURE International – Ethiopia
- Technical Institute of the Philippines – The Philippines
- Vayu – Senegal
- WDI sponsored 13 MAP teams in 2017 with the following partners:
- Aparajitha Foundation – India
- Aravind Eye Care System – India
- Banyan Global – Ghana
- Boond Engineering & Development – India
- CARE International – Egypt
- GE Power – India
- IMPERIAL Health Sciences – South Africa
- ITC Limited – India
- Mbuyu Group – South Africa
- Vayu – Malawi
- Global Fairness Initiative – Nepal
- Vietnam Partners, LLC – Vietnam
- African Institute of Management (Institut Africain de Management) – Senegal
- WDI sponsored 13 MAP teams in 2016 with the following partners:
- Al-Akhawayn University – Morocco
- Aparajitha Foundation – India
- Aravind Eye Care System – India
- Business Support Center Kosovo (BSCK) – Kosovo
- CARE – India
- Georgian Technical University – Georgia
- IMPERIAL Health Sciences – South Africa
- ITC Limited – India
- Little Sparrows Technologies – Ethiopia
- Sustainable Harvest & Relationship Coffee Institute – Rwanda
- Sustainable Harvest & Relationship Coffee Institute – Portland, OR
- UM Human Trafficking Clinic – Brazil
- William Davidson Institute & Zemen Bank – Ethiopia
- 2015
- Abt Associates – Ethiopia
- Aravind Eye Care System – India
- IMPERIAL Health Sciences – South Africa
- ITC Limited – India
- Tetra Pak – Nicaragua
- VeAhavta – Sri Lanka
- LectureTools; Stockholm School of Economics in Riga – Latvia
- William Davidson Institute – Jordan
MAP Projects
Abt Associates
GE Healthcare
Grassroots Business Fund
Pfizer
The Hershey Co.
VisionSpring
Abt Associates
Acumen Fund
Aparajitha: Thalir Thiran Thittam
Cooperative for Assistance & Relief Everywhere USA
Abt Associates
Cooperative for Assistance & Relief Bangladesh, USA
ITC Limited
Philips Ultrasound
Procter & Gamble
VisionSpring
ITC Limited
Instanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development / United Nations Development Programme Liberia
Instanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development / United Nations Development Programme Liberia / Liberia Business Association
Abt Associates
Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development / United Nations Development Programme Mongolia / Rio Tinto/Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce
ITC Limited
Sustainable Harvest Coffee
United Nations Development Programme / Instanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development
Abt Associates
ITC Limited
Tetra Pak
Labs for Life (Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, India, and Haiti)
Ruli District Hospital and the Ihangane Project (Rwanda)
International Investment Fund (India)
Financial Products to Mitigate Risk in the Jordanian MSME Lending Market
Business Models for Energy Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets (India, Uganda, Cuba)
GE Power
Creating a Diaspora Financial Product Program for an Ethiopian Bank
Boond Engineering & Development
Developing Business Plan for a Hostel That Would Provide Employment Opportunities for the Girls from Orphanage Center
Developing Strategy to Move Hospital Towards Self-Sustainability
Developing Mechanisms for Analysis of Information for Improving Operations
Review of Internal Processes and Systems for Eye Hospital
GE Healthcare
REFRESCH (Gabon)
Outbound (Brazil)
RTT Trans Africa
Abt Associates
Riders for Health
Poornatha (India)
MADE (India)
Imperial Health Sciences
Twaweza-East Africa
Development of Internal Marketing and Communications Strategy for Ongoing Learning and Professional Development
Imperial Health Sciences
Market Entry Strategy for Geriatric Rehab Facility
Expanding Healthcare Delivery System for Diabetes Care
Capital Equipment Procurement and Maintenance for a New State-of-the-Art Hospital in Ethiopia
Approaching Growth through Focus on Organizational Culture
Capability Maturity Model for Performance Management
Governance Recommendations for a New State-of-the-Art Hospital
Governance Recommendations for a Rapidly Growing Medical Center
Developing a Cancer Center of Excellence
Improving Patient Tracking Mechanisms for Hospital
Assessing operations of inpatient department at Holy Family Virika Hospital
Market Entry Strategy for Geriatric Rehabilitation
Market Entry Strategy for Neurological Rehab Facility
Analysis of Hospital Supply Chain and Procurement Practices and Providing Recommendations on Optimal Practices
Development of Human Resource Strategy for Medical Staff
AIM Tech: Market Analysis and Entry Strategy (India)
CURE: Market Entry Tool (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia)
Surfacing Costs and Benefits to Increase Vaccine Access (Global)