Management Ph.D.

Willard J. Walker Hall

The primary objective of the Ph.D. program in Management is to prepare 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 methodological tools necessary to design and conduct independent research, and develop the skills and experience necessary to teach at all levels of higher education.

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. This program only admits every other 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.

Management 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
  • organizational politics

Several faculty hold leadership positions at the Academy of Management and serve on the editorial boards of key research journals.

 

Management Ph.D. Degree

Management Ph.D.

Management Faculty
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Duration of Program: 4-5 years

Program Start Date: Fall

Application Deadline:
December 15

Curriculum Overview
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Admissions Information
Management Ph.D. only admits every other year.
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Required Test: GMAT or GRE


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Curriculum Overview

Management PhD Requirements

MGMT 61103: Seminar in Organizational Behavior Survey of theoretical and empirical literature in organizational behavior. Stresses critical evaluation of current writing in the field and its integration with prior research. Covers topics relating to motivation, individual differences, job attitudes, social influence processes, and group dynamics.
MGMT 61203: Seminar in Organization Theory Familiarizes students with the principles and techniques underlying research in management and organizations. Issues of basic philosophy of science and research methods are covered. Special attention given to the practical problems of research design, measurement, data collection, sampling, and interpretation in conducting research in management and in organizations.
MGMT 61303: Seminar in Strategy Research This Ph.D.-level seminar presents an overview and introduction into the strategic management literature. Emphasis on both the content and process of the extant research. Relevant theory, methods, 'mainstream' themes, current topics, schools of thought, and future directions are examined.
MGMT 62303: Seminar in Human Resource Management Provides an overview of major issues in human resource management. Designed to familiarize students with the seminal research in human resource management, and to provide them with the conceptual and methodological tools necessary to do research in the area.

Supporting Fields

  • 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 62203 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

    • 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):
PSYC 51303: Inferential Statistics for Psychology Inferential statistics, including representative parametric tests of significance. Special emphasis on analysis of variance, covariance, and component variance estimators as applied to psychological research.
PSYC 51403: Advanced Descriptive Statistics for Psychology Special correlation techniques followed by a survey of representative nonparametric tests of significance. Major emphasis on advanced analysis of variance theory and designs.
MGMT 62103: Seminar in Research Methods Familiarizes students with the principles and techniques underlying research in management and organizations. Issues of basic philosophy of science and research methods are covered. Special attention given to the practical problems of research design, measurement, data collection, sampling, and interpretation in conducting research in management and in organizations.
ISYS 64203: Seminar in Causal Modeling (LISREL) Structural equation modeling using current tools, such as AMOS.
MKTG 64303: Marketing Research Extensive review of literature illustrative of marketing research studies. Focuses upon theoretical foundations of research design, methodology, and analysis as well as interpretation of univariate, bivariate, and multivariate data in marketing theory exploration. May be repeated for up to 3 hours of degree credit.

Dissertation

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

 

 

Admissions Requirements for the Ph.D. Programs

The final decision about admission is made by the departmental doctoral committee. There are no minimum requirements for the GMAT/GRE or for the GPA – we take a holistic view of the applicant and a poor score on any one component can be compensated by excellence on other components.

In the past few years, the GMATs of accepted students have fallen within a range of 630 to 780 and the GPA range between 3.50 and 4.00. If you have scored less than 630 on your GMAT or less than a 85 percentile on the GRE, please try to provide evidence of excellence on other criteria (for instance a strong set of letters of recommendation or a very high GPA).



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