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We work to understand the dynamics of organizations from all perspectives.

The Broad College Department of Management focuses on research and education in human resources, leadership, change, organizational behavior, and strategic management. Our management faculty shapes what is taught in the classroom, delivering an excellent education that is grounded in years of career experience.

Department Information Sheet

  • 1
  • in General Management
  • among online master’s programs
  • (U.S. News & World Report, 2025)
  • 1
  • Human Resource Management
  • among online master's programs
  • (U.S. News & World Report, 2025)
  • 7
  • in Management Research Productivity
  • over a five-year period
  • (Texas A&M/University of Georgia Rankings of Management Department Research Productivity, 2024)
  • 10
  • Undergraduate Management Program
  • among public institutions
  • (U.S. News & World Report, 2026)
  • 16
  • in Management
  • undergraduate programs, overall
  • (U.S. News & World Report, 2026)

Management @ Broad


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Our best-in-class programs are ranked among the nation’s finest.

Broad management degree programs equip students for current business challenges.

We offer undergraduate programs in:

  • Human Resource Management
  • Management

As well as minors in:

  • Retail Management
  • Sports Business Management

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
  • Human resource management

Explore the Ph.D. in Management  

Designed for working professionals, this 100% online master’s program integrates management theories with everyday applications to prepare students for management and leadership positions.

Students learn the power of influence through courses on:

  • Leadership
  • Decision making
  • Team dynamics
  • People management.

Explore the Management, Strategy & Leadership Major  

Designed for professionals who want to expand their competencies in one specific area of leadership excellence. Broad’s for-credit graduate certificates allow you to earn valuable credentials 100% online in a fraction of the time it takes to earn a master’s degree. You will take many of the same courses offered in the M.S. in Management, Strategy and Leadership degree program. The credits you earn in your graduate certificate courses can be applied toward this master’s degree if you decide to pursue one in the future.*

*Students must be accepted into the master’s program for the credits to be applied.

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The management major allows students to explore courses on these subjects:

  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • General Business Law
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Supply Chain Management

Students enjoy a high degree of flexibility in selecting courses to satisfy the major field of concentration requirement. The student’s program of study is designed within the context of the student’s personal, academic and career goals.

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The human resource management major focuses on:

  • Personnel management in organizations
  • The role and development of the manager as a leader
  • The specific functions and mission of the personnel/human resources department.

Entry-level positions are available in private and public enterprise, or wherever the personnel function is departmentalized.

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The minor in sports business management enhances students’ marketability for highly competitive careers in sports business management roles, including sports associations and leagues, intercollegiate and professional sports organizations and teams, sports entertainment and media services, and firms that primarily supply the sports and entertainment industry.

Explore the Minor in Sports Business Management  

Strategic leadership and management certificate programs are offered 100% online. Certificate programs are designed to improve job performance and marketability, providing the opportunity for students to gain the versatile skills, immediately applicable knowledge and valuable credentials that can help them advance in their current career path or provide the flexibility to move into a new field or competitive industry with greater growth potential.

Explore Online Professional Certificates  

The executive education and corporate learning programs of the Broad College provide immense, long-lasting value to more than 2,000 professionals each year. A number of programs developed and delivered by our management faculty are offered in business improvement, strategy, management and leadership.

Explore Executive Development Programs  
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Our Faculty

Department of Management faculty at Broad are widely acknowledged as leaders in management research. We are:

  • Editors of major journals
  • Authors of leading textbooks
  • 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
  • Personnel Psychology
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Gerry McNamara

  • John H. McConnell Chair in Business Administration
    Management
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Brent Scott

  • Frederick S. Addy Distinguished Professor
    Management
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Frederick Morgeson

  • Eli Broad Professor of Management
    Management

Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management Research

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
  • Job analysis

Many faculty members also investigate issues related to groups and teams, such as:

  • Team decision making
  • Group performance
  • Negotiations

Research is conducted in the laboratory and in field settings.

Strategic Management Research

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
  • Innovation and change
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Advisory Board

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.

Meet Our Board

Contact Information

  • Department of Management
  • Business College Complex
  • 632 Bogue St Rm N475
  • East Lansing, MI 48824
  • Phone: (517) 353-5415
  • Fax: 517-432-1111