Program Overview
The PhD program in Organization Studies emphasizes innovative research and understanding of organizational dynamics. It offers a multidisciplinary curriculum, including foundational courses, research electives, and a dissertation component. Students benefit from world-class faculty and individualized attention, preparing them for careers in academia and research institutions. The program fosters critical thinking, research excellence, and contributions to scholarship in the field of organization studies.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The PhD program in Organization Studies is designed for individuals interested in understanding and researching the changing dynamics of organizations in contemporary society. It aims to develop outstanding researchers who make substantive contributions to scholarship and place them in research institutions. The program fosters innovative thinking and takes an integrative approach to issues commonly addressed across the fields of organizational behavior, human resource management, and organization theory.
Outline:
- Program Content: The program provides a strong grounding in organization and management studies, as well as current developments and controversies surrounding organizations and their management.
- Program Structure: The program is a multidisciplinary residential program that prepares students for careers in academia. Students will broaden their understanding of the areas of study within organization studies and conduct independent research based on their interests.
- Course Schedule: Students generally complete the PhD in Organization Studies within 4-5 years. They must take 45 credits of coursework, building foundational knowledge in Organization Studies and Research Methods before taking advanced courses. The program includes a summer paper and first-year portfolio, a colloquium, a comprehensive examination, a 2-year teaching requirement, and a dissertation.
- Individual Modules:
- Year 1: Coursework, including foundational courses; Summer paper; Colloquium; First Year Portfolio
- Year 2: Coursework, including core courses, research electives, and minor area courses; Colloquium; Comprehensive exam
- Year 3: Additional coursework as needed; Development of dissertation proposal; Teaching
- Year 4: Dissertation; Teaching
- Sample Required Courses:
- Conceptual Found. of Org. Behavior & Theory
- Statistical Inference I
- Research Methods
- Organization & Admin. Theory
- Qualitative Research
- Theory & Research in Organization Behavior
- Electives: Seminars on leadership and empowerment, international organizational behavior, and other electives or independent studies offered depending on faculty availability and student interest.
Teaching:
- Teaching Methods: The program provides opportunities for students to develop effective teaching skills.
- Faculty: The program boasts world-class faculty who are active researchers with visibility in the field's top journals.
- Unique Approaches: The program offers individual attention from faculty, allowing students to collaborate with them.
Careers:
The program prepares students for careers in academia.
Other:
- Program Strengths:
- World-class faculty
- Cooperative and stimulating intellectual climate
- Individual attention from faculty
- Rigorous coursework
- Exposure to eminent research faculty from around the world
- Research Topics:
- Strategic Human Capital
- Human Resource Management
- Person-Organization Fit
- Corporate Social Responsibility Practices
- Social Identity, Sensemaking Processes and Organizational Change
- The Influence of Culture and Values
- The Contributions of Feminist Theorizing
