Overview

The Ph.D. program in Management prepares candidates for careers in university research and teaching. The program of study is designed to ensure that students receive an exposure to the broad areas of Management, develop the conceptual skills and ethodological tools necessary to design and conduct independent research, and develop the skills and experience necessary to teaching at all levels of higher education.

Curriculum

Management Content Core Requirements (12 hours)

• MGMT 6113 Seminar in Organizational Behavior
• MGMT 6123 Seminar in Organization Theory
• MGMT 6133 Seminar in Strategy Research
• MGMT 6233 Seminar in Human Resource Management

Supporting Fields (12 hours)

Courses for the supporting fields requirement must be at the graduate level and/or taken for graduate credit. Statistics and methods classes cannot be used to fulfill the Supporting Fields requirement. A minimum of 6 hours of the Supporting Fields are to be taken in Management. Students may consider selecting graduate courses from the following departments (although, not limited to these departments) in completing their Supporting Fields requirements:

• Psychology
• Sociology
• Public Administration
• Political Science
• Marketing
• Information Systems
• Accounting
• Finance
• Economics

In addition, students should give careful consideration to designing directed reading classes under MGMT 636V - Special Problems. Students will arrange these courses with Management faculty. A directed readings course may focus on any topic agreed upon by the student and faculty member. Course requirements generally include completion of readings and a research paper.

On occasion, the Management Department will offer special courses under MGMT 6223 Special Topics in Management. Students will be notified about the nature and availability of these courses which may be used to fulfill the Supporting Fields requirement.

Research Tools (18 hours)

Courses used to meet the Research Tools requirement should support the student's program of study. The courses should provide the student with a knowledge of advanced descriptive and inferential statistics, research design, and research methods.
Some courses that may be appropriate to fulfill the Research Tools requirements may include (but are not limited to):

• Psychology 5133 - Inferential Statistics
• Psychology 5143 - Descriptive Statistics
• MGMT 6213 - Research Methods
• ISYS 6423 - Seminar in Causal Modeling (LISREL)
• MKTT 6433 - Marketing Research

Dissertation (18 hours)

A dissertation will be written under the guidance of the Management Faculty.

Program Structure

The Ph.D. program in Management usually takes four to five years. Students work on courses for the first two years, while simultaneously working with faculty on research projects. A comprehensive exam is administered at the end of the second year.

Subsequently they work on their dissertations. Students are encouraged to work on research leading to publication in scholarly journals and most of our students have co-authored publications by the time they graduate.

Faculty

Management faculty work closely with doctoral students and mentor them to become excellent researchers and educators. The faculty are actively involved in research on diverse topics such as corporate governance, employee stress, strategic human resource management, business ethics and social responsibility, employee pay systems, psychological contracts, knowledge management, and organizational politics. Several faculty hold leadership positions at the Academy of Management and serve on the editorial boards of several research journals.

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