This PhD in organizational leadership and management offers a blend of business classes focused on organizational change with additional courses covering successful leadership theories and styles.
Utilizing your own experience in the business world, you can contribute to the current body of knowledge in organization and management through your dissertation. Your core courses will explore a variety of pertinent topics, including risk management, managing the contemporary organization, strategy formulation, and human resource management.
You can also develop your own leadership skills as you gain an overview of leading organizational change that blends theory and research with practical application. Our organizational PhD degree also provides an in-depth look at research methods as well as a course that will help you develop the concept for your PhD dissertation.
Completing your dissertation will help you contribute to the current body of knowledge in your field and may even set the foundation for future business leaders through your research. Graduates of our program go on to become the leading researchers and thinkers in organizational behavior, shaping the field and advancing theoretical understanding in posts at schools of management or in disciplinary departments.
The Organizational Behavior program is jointly administered by the faculty of Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and students have the opportunity to work with faculty from both the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Business School.
Our program offers two distinct tracks, with research focused either on the micro or macro level. Students who choose to focus on micro organizational behavior take a psychological approach to the study of interpersonal relationships within organizations and groups, and the effects that groups have on individuals.
In macro organizational behavior, scholars use sociological methods to examine the organizations, groups, and markets themselves, including topics such as the influence of individuals on organizational change, or the relationship between social missions and financial objectives. Your core disciplinary training will take place in either the psychology or sociology departments, depending on the track that you choose.
You will also conduct advanced coursework in organizational behavior at HBS, and complete two MBA elective curriculum courses. Students are required to teach for one full academic term in order to gain valuable teaching experience, and to work as an apprentice to a faculty member to develop research skills.
Upon completion of coursework, students prepare and present a dossier that includes a qualifying paper, at least two other research papers, and a statement outlining a plan for their dissertation.
Before beginning work on the dissertation, students must pass the Organizational Behavior Exam, which presents an opportunity to synthesize academic coursework and prepare for an in-depth research project. Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior. Organizational Behavior. Program Requirements. In the field of Organizational Behavior, researchers draw on the methods and concepts of psychology and sociology to examine complex organizations and the ways that people behave within them.
Throughout the program, students will produce original research both independently and in collaboration with Harvard faculty members. You will also work with your faculty mentors to identify and refine a topic that will constitute the central piece of your dissertation research. Students will then prepare a dissertation prospectus, which must be reviewed by a prospectus committee typically comprised of at least three faculty members.
The dissertation requires students to develop substantial original contribution to the field of Organizational Behavior; it can take the form of an extended study of one topic or a set of three or more related research papers. Examples of Doctoral Thesis Research. Cross-group relations, stress, and the subsequent effect on performance.
Internal group dynamics of corporate boards of directors. Organizational mission and its effect on commitment and effort. Psychological tendencies and collaboration with dissimilar others. HBS scholars are looking to apply their research to real-world problems, come up with interventions, and make a real difference. Evan DiFilippis. We put a premium on fit with our department, in terms of both related research and our collaborative culture. An understanding of how you fit with our department will emerge from learning about our students and faculty.
As you can see from our recent graduates page, students go on to careers in business schools around the world following the completion of our program. Some doctoral programs send their alumni to consulting firms and think tanks — our program generally does not prepare our students for these kinds of careers. We are looking for applicants who are dedicated to long-term careers in business academia.
Are there certain faculty members who are better at mentoring doctoral students than others? We are very fortunate to have several faculty members who regularly work with doctoral students. They all have many things to teach our students, which is why many of our students will rotate and work with several faculty members during their time in the program. Our faculty members enjoy their time and interactions with doctoral students, which leads to strong research productivity and high quality professional connections.
Please explore our website to learn more about the program. Be sure to read up on the current research of our faculty and students. You can also learn about our recent alumni and their research. If you still have questions, feel free to email one of our doctoral student ambassadors or alumni ambassadors.
If you are in the Ann Arbor area, you are welcome to attend one of our weekly brown bag seminars to meet some of the department members in person. Michigan Ross Professor Gretchen Spreitzer explains the genesis of her research on how employees at the middle level of an organization can feel empowered to spark change and thrive. Course Information. Funding Overview.
Recent Dissertation Committee Members. Talk to our Current Student Ambassadors. Talk to our Alumni Ambassadors. Skip to main content. Timing Year One Because the scope of the project is substantial, students are encouraged to choose a topic area in the first year.
Summer: Data collection should begin during the summer between the first and second year. Year Two January A draft of the sections up to and including the methods section is due. March Final completed paper is due. Evaluation The study is to be evaluated by a committee comprised of the advisor and a second reader chosen from among the MO faculty by the student.
Presentation Students are expected to present their study to the MO department students and faculty in the brown bag in April of their second year. A few of the campus resources available to our students include the following: CSCAR - Consulting for Statistics, Computing and Analytics Research CSCAR provides consulting services and training opportunities in statistics, data science, and advanced research computation to researchers across campus, regardless of skill level or academic background.
ICPSR's data archive provides students with access to over , files. Hosted by the Ross School of Business, the week-long camp teaches researchers how to tap into the Web-mediated social world to access massive data sets.
UROP matches undergraduate students interested in gaining research experience to faculty and doctoral students who are looking for research assistance and willing to mentor students.
What do MO PhD students do in their free time? Do they have free time? Is it difficult to get financial support for my own research? Why a PhD? Placement Potential Although our PhD program is new, our faculty have significant experience placing PhD students in top business schools--whether in earlier faculty positions or through our former postdoctoral program.
Program Structure Our program is a five-year, full-time, in-residence program. Frequently Asked Questions. What are the financial details associated with the program? What range of scores would be needed for admission? Is a test of English language proficiency required?
Aside from test scores, what else is part of the application packet? Is there a part-time, distance, or online version of the program? Is placing graduates in top business schools the program's sole focus?
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