PhD in Business Administration

The Ph.D. Program in MANAGEMENT is a full-time program designed for superior students preparing for a career devoted to scholarly research and teaching at research-intensive universities. The program emphasizes student/faculty interaction, flexibility in designing a program to meet individual needs, and timely completion of the degree.Doctoral students in Management choose between two broad areas of focus: organizational behavior and strategic management. - Organizational behavior research examines the attitudes, behaviors, management, and performance of people working in organizational settings. - Strategic management research examines the substance, process, and consequences of firm-level policy decisions that are compatible with a firm s external environment.Students also have the option to add a specialization in entrepreneurship. Research on entrepreneurship examines issues pertaining to the creation of new firms and lies at the heart of sustainable regional and national growth.