The Ph.D. in Business with a concentration in Management is designed to prepare full-time students for careers in research and teaching. The small size of the program provides students an opportunity to work with world-renowned faculty on individualized research projects, and this personal attention extends to the small, research-oriented doctoral seminars that form the core of the academic program. 

Doctoral concentrations within the Management Department reflect its differentiation into distinct areas of research and theory.  A combination of two of these distinct areas must be selected as the student's concentration.   Areas are represented by modules consisting of three seminar courses, with a minimum of six seminar courses constituting a concentration within Management. Two three-hour course modules are currently available:  Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.  Elective seminars may be taken in addition to the two required concentration modules.  Current elective seminar options include Advanced Operations Research, Corporate Strategy, and the History of Management Thought.  Additional concentration modules may be offered, in which case the set of options for elective seminars will include those included within non-selected modules.

Human Resource Management Seminars:

• MGMT 737: Seminar in Human Resources
• MGMT 747: Seminar in Human Resources:  Macro Foundations
• MGMT 738: Seminar Topics in Human Resource Management

Organizational Behavior Seminars:

• MGMT 743: Organizing Systems
• MGMT 746: Cognitive and Emotional Processes in Organizations
• MGMT 750: Attitudes and Motivation in Organizations

Optional Electives:

• MGMT 745: Advanced Operations Research
• MGMT 757: Corporate Strategy
• MGMT 749: History of Managment Thought

Additional Requirements:

• A minimum of a 12-hour research preparation core is also required.  Additional research methods courses are strongly encouraged.  Students must satisfy the math/statistics prerequisties for MGMT 632 (MGMT 500, MGMT 524, or equivalent.

• The required minimum total number of course credit hours is 44, exclusive of dissertation credits, The Program Advisor will specify additional concentration courses and/or additional research tool courses beyond the specified minimums such that the total number of credits reaches at least 44. The required minimum number of dissertation credits is 12, for an overall minimum total of 56.

• Students must register each term, including summer, for continuation in the program. The successful completion of the comprehensive exam is required after coursework has been completed. Successful completion of the doctoral dissertation, a theoretically-based original research project, is the final requirement.

• Students must also have exposure to basic business disciplines and foundations. This exposure may be satisfied with existing undergraduate or graduate coursework or by taking a total of four MBA-foundation courses chosen from four of the following categories: accounting, business law, economics, finance, information systems, marketing, and management.

  Additional information can be found in the Graduate Bulletin.

Department of Management Participating Faculty

            Robert Andrews (Statistics, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

            Randolph Barker (Organizational Communication, Ph.D., Florida State University)

            Susan Coombes (Entrepreneurship, Ph.D., Syracuse University)

            Jose Dula (Operations Management, Ph.D., University of Michigan)

            Sven Kepes (Human Resources, Ph.D., University of Arkansas)

            Ron Humphrey (Organizational Behavior, Ph.D., University of Michigan)

            Michael A. McDaniel (Human Resources, Ph.D., George Washington University)

            Marianne Miller (Human Resources, Ph.D., University of Oregon)

            In-Sue Oh (Human Resources, Ph.D., University of Iowa)

            Doug Pugh (Organizational Behavior, Ph.D., Tulane University)

            Matt Rutherford (Entrepreneurship, Ph.D., Auburn University)

            Anson Seers (Organizational Behavior, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati)

            Randy Sleeth (Organizational Behavior, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts)

            Weiyong Zhang (Operations Management, Ph.D, University of Minnesota)

Please review our Expectations for Students statement to help determine if our program is a good fit for your educational goals.

 Admission Requirements:

• An appropriate academic background (bachelor's or master's) in business or another discipline related to organizational behavior such as psychology or sociology.
• Other academic backgrounds may be considered.
• An acceptable score on either the GMAT or GRE.
• Preference will be given to students with full-time professional work experience and an interest in obtaining a faculty position in a gradate school of business.

 Assistantships:

• Graduate research and teaching assistantships are typically available to support full-time students.  A limited number of full-time students may also be admitted without assistantship support.
• Tuition and fees are waived for students with assistantships.
• To be considered for an assistantship, applications must be received by January 1st.