The focus of the PhD in Management program is to carry out rigorous scientific research about complex management problems in a rapidly changing and globally-oriented economy. The program has unique and interdisciplinary specializations including: Digital Enterprise and Social Media, Real Estate Studies, Retail and Consumer Services, and Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This PhD requires the successful completion of nine-one-term graduate courses, passing the candidacy examination, a proposal defense, and completing a dissertation based on independent, original scholarship. The nine one-term courses are comprised of three core courses, three elective courses, and three required research seminar courses.

This program is designed to develop graduates who are skilled in research that includes a theoretical and practical understanding of the challenges that organizations experience, and who are able to disseminate that research in appropriate venues.