Success in Academia Starts Here

Our PhD in Business, Management prepares you for a successful career in academia. You’ll gain the depth of knowledge and skills required to conduct quality research. Earn the chance to share those findings at scholarly conferences and top-tier journals. You’ll become well-versed in strategy formulation, organizational behavior, experimental design, leadership, and more, positioning you for career success.

Choose Your Specialization

We offer three areas of specialization:

• Entrepreneurship
• Human Resource and/or Organizational Behavior
• Strategic Management

During your first two years in the program, you will take seminars on both micro and macro topics before focusing on the one that interests you the most.

Why Choose a PhD in Business from the Harbert College of Business?

Collaborate with Well-Published Faculty

Management faculty frequently partner with students to conduct quality research. They'll prepare you to make meaningful contributions to the management research field. Recent collaborations have yielded publications in top-tier management journals. Journals like Journal of Applied Psychology, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, and Journal of Operations Management.

Look Forward to Your Career

Our alumni have held or currently hold faculty positions at Louisiana State University (LSU), Mississippi State University, Oklahoma State University, Syracuse University, Texas Christian University (TCU), Texas Tech University, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Missouri, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Program Overview

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