Overview

This program offers the opportunity to specialize in one of the following two areas:

•  Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management focuses on the study of human behavior in complex social systems (organizations). Topics explored include individual differences, motivation, leadership, group dynamics, attitudes, decision making, political behavior, and organizational design, as well as the managment of people through staffing, socialization, performance management, and employee relations.
•  Strategic Management focuses on the roles and challenges of top management teams and strategy formulation and implementation. Topics explored include strategic processes such as decision making, resource allocation, and the creation and management of new businesses, as well as strategic entrepreneurship and international strategy.

Our management faculty is a distinguished body of scholars and teachers, extensively published and nationally recognized for their accomplishments. A number of them hold leadership positions in professional organizations and serve in editorial positions for leading management journals.

The doctoral program in management has three related objectives:

• Prepare students to conduct high-quality research relevant to business organizations
• Communicate research findings through teaching and writing
•  Prepare students for the varied responsibilities and opportunities of careers at leading research universities