Management
The Ph.D. in Management
The Ph.D. in Management prepares candidates for careers in academic research, teaching, and scholarship. As
an interdisciplinary program, the stress is on theory building and empirical research in both the public and private
sectors. Available areas of specialization's in the program are:
- Strategy
- International business
- Organizational behavior
- Theory and human resource management
By focusing on candidate's research interests, the program requires the application of basic social science
disciplines and research methods to management problems.
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Requirements
Entering students must demonstrate competence in mathematics either by passing a waiver examination administered
by the University or by passing ECO8897, a non-credit course in mathematical analysis for economists, prior to
the beginning of the program.
Core Requirements
Candidates are required to complete the following course program
before sitting for the management qualifying examination:
- STA5500 Applied Regression and Analysis of Variance
- STA5501 Introduction to Non-parametric Methods and Log-linear Models
- MAN9900 Economic Foundations of Research in Management
- MAN9918 Human Resource Management
- MAN9925 Corporate Strategy
- MAN9933 Psychological and Sociological Foundations of Research in Management
- MAN9951 Micro-Organizational Behavior
- MAN9952 Macro-Organizational Behavior
- MAN9955 International Management
Admission to Candidacy
Admission to candidacy in the Management systems major is contingent on completing the following:
- All core requirements as set out above.
- Passing the qualification management Major examination.
- Completion and approval of dissertation proposal program of Study
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Program of Study
The Ph.D. in management requires a minimum of twenty graduate level courses, of which eight at most can be transferred
from relevant graduate courses at other schools or universities. The course requirements are as follows:
| Discipline |
Courses |
| Management Core Courses |
5
|
| Research Methods |
2
|
| Statistics |
2
|
| Management Major & or Minor |
8
|
| Social Science Electives |
3
|
| Dissertation |
-
|
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Course Descriptions
Management
MAN9900 Economic Foundation of Research in Management This seminar explores the
foundation questions of the strategy field-the questions that keep reappearing in ever-changing guises when specific
strategic issues are confronted in a variety of contexts. There are substantial social science literatures dealing
with most of these questions. The major purpose of the seminar is to expose students to samples of these literatures
and to point out their relevance to strategy. The contributions of economic thinking to the strategy field receive
disproportionate attention, but not to the point where they crowd other disciplines or strategy itself off the
stage.
MAN9918 Seminar in Human Resource Management
This course will focus on contemporary research on employment issues as it relates to theories in organizational
studies, sociology, and labor economics. The course analyzes these issues from both the individual and firm level
of analysis.
MAN9925 Research Seminar in Corporate Strategy
The seminar is built around published empirical research in corporate strategy. Articles for discussion will be
drawn from journals in several fields, including economics, the behavioral sciences, management science, business
administration, and elsewhere. Students will take turns leading the seminar discussion (with the help of the instructor).
Each week each student will turn in a two- to three-page "critique" of each article. Each student will
present a book report to the class during the semester-15 minutes oral and four or five pages written.
MAN9932 Seminar in Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
This seminar provides an overview of theoretical and empirical research on technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Articles to be discussed are drawn from economics, sociology, marketing, entrepreneurship, and strategy literature.
Course evaluation will be based on performance in three areas: class discussion of assigned readings (both as a
discussion leader and as a participant), four written critiques of articles of the student's selection from the
reading assignments, and a research paper, written for possible submission to a conference or journal.
MAN9933 Psychological and Sociological Foundations of Research in Management
This course provides students with discipline-based "foundations of" theory and research. Specifically,
this course will explore the intellectual history of psychology and sociology in management beginning in the early
1900s to the 1970's. Topics include the social context of individual behavior, motivation and job satisfaction,
industrial and organizational selection, training and development.
MAN9951 Seminar in Micro-Organizational Behavior
This course is a research seminar on micro and
mezzo theories of organizational behavior. The main objective of
this seminar is to examine theoretical statements of individual and group behavior in organizations, to examine
how organizational variables affect such behavior, to discuss and evaluate critically some empirical studies based
on these theories, and finally, to understand the emerging general direction of the area.
MAN9952 Seminar in Macro-Organizational Behavior
A critical review and analysis of contemporary theory and research on complex organization structure, process,
and performance. Weekly faculty and student presentations and discussions will include detailed treatments of organization
design, change, and reorganization, as well as inter-organizational relationships. Opportunities are provided to
develop diagnostic and research skills in specialized topics the student may select.
MAN9953 Research Methods
The course provides students with a general background for conducting social science research. As such, the emphasis
is not on a particular set of tools or techniques, but rather a general approach to the development and testing
of theories. The course first considers the basic issues of theory, inference and measurement. We then consider
these general principles in the context of different modes of empirical research (laboratory, survey, archival,
field). We also discuss the use of formal models in social science research. Finally, we end the course with a
discussion of the publishing and review process.
MAN9955 Seminar in International Management
An introduction to the literature of international management. The course will deal with topics such as the theory
of the international firm, global competition, organizing for global operations, market entry, innovation, and
comparative management. It serves both as an introduction to international management for all doctoral students
and as a foundation for more advanced work in the field.
MAN9956 Leadership: The Management of Complex Organizations
This course deals with the various forms of leadership in complex organizations. Primary emphasis will be placed
on the study of leadership as a scholarly discipline. Historical and current leadership theory and research will
be critically examined. Theoretical statements and empirical studies will be examined and discussed in detail.
Topics will include leadership traits and behavior patterns, environmental and technological influences on leadership
processes, formal and informal distribution of influence in organizations, the use of social influence tactics
in the exercise of leadership, organizational systems designed to assess and select leaders and to facilitate effective
leader performance, leadership succession processes, leader decision making and strategy formulation, leader relationships
with followers, and the nature of outstanding leadership such as visionary, charismatic, and transformational leadership.
MAN9958 Industrial Organization
This course is an introduction to the theory and empirical work in industrial organization. While much of the theory
will be covered, the course will emphasize much of the recent empirical research in the field. The topics covered
in the course have been selected to be most relevant to students who wish to pursue research in business related
fields (e.g., strategy, international business, and marketing). As such, the course should not be viewed as a substitute
for courses which prepare students to do research in industrial organization.
MAN9999 Independent Study
In-depth independent study in an area of special interest to the student, to be arranged with a faculty member
in that field.
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Assistantships in Management
Students admitted to the Ph.D. program typically receive a fellowship providing tuition and a stipend. These
students participate in the teaching and research activities of the Business Administration program.
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