Research and education in the Broad College’s Department of Management focuses on synthesizing approaches in human resources, leadership and change, organizational behavior and strategic management. What Broad management faculty learn as researchers and advisors shapes what is taught in the classroom, producing an educational experience that is grounded in reality, yet forward-looking in emphasis.
Management degree programs at Broad equip students for tomorrow’s business challenges. We offer the state of Michigan’s premier undergraduate programs in human resource management and management, as well as minors in retail management and sports business management.
Our master’s degree in management, strategy and leadership is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top 10 online business program — and our Ph.D. programs with specializations in organizational behavior, strategic management and human resource management produce graduates who go on to become distinguished leaders in management scholarship at top research universities.
The Ph.D. in Management program prepares students for careers in management scholarship at top research universities. The program allows students to pursue their unique interests through intensive research and close partnership with Broad’s world-renowned management faculty.
The program includes specializations in organizational behavior, strategic management and human resource management.
Explore ProgramDepartment of Management faculty at Broad are widely acknowledged as leaders in management research. We are editors of major journals, authors of leading textbooks and members of influential review boards. Faculty members work with businesses to strengthen competitive effectiveness and improve managerial understanding of organizational processes and performance.
Our scholars publish in the areas of organizational behavior, human resource management and strategic management. Management faculty regularly publish in the leading management and applied psychology journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology.
The organizational behavior (OB) and human resource management (HR) faculty conduct research at both the individual and group levels. Numerous faculty members conduct research on leadership, motivation, employee reactions and attitudes (including affective reactions, organizational justice perceptions), individual differences (personality, cultural intelligence), employee behaviors (citizenship behaviors, workplace deviance, individual decision making), psychological well-being (job and life satisfaction, work-family balance), personnel selection, mentoring, socialization, performance appraisal, job design and job analysis. Many faculty members also investigate issues related to groups and teams, such as team decision making, group performance and negotiations. Research is conducted in the laboratory and in field settings.
Broad’s strategic management (SM) faculty examine a broad range of issues centered on process-oriented aspects of organizational strategy. SM faculty members draw upon theoretical perspectives from the management literature as well as from disciplinary fields, such as economics, psychology and sociology, to study the strategic actions and positioning of organizations. Specific topics currently being examined by our faculty include strategic decision making, the selection and integration of resources, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, organizational risk taking, organizational learning, and innovation and change.
The Management Advisory Board (MAB) provides guidance and support to connect students, alumni, businesses and faculty. The board consists of members who advise and offer expertise either to our students majoring in management or human resource management, or to students who connect to our department through one of our two minors: retail management and sports business management.