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Commensurately with the continued growth in our faculty, we are expanding our management doctoral program. Please be so kind and forward the information below to any interested individual. Thank you!
The Management Department at the <st1:placename w:st="on">C.T.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Bauer</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of Business, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Houston</st1:placename></st1:place>, seeks qualified applicants for its Ph.D. program
Our Ph.D. Program in Management
The Ph.D. Program in Management at the Bauer College of Business, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Houston</st1:placename></st1:place>, is designed to provide students with the necessary training, experience and analytical skills to carry out high quality teaching and research in management and strategy. Our program covers both micro areas of management- organizational behavior and human resources-and macro areas of management-strategy and organizational theory. Our emphases include leadership, corporate governance, human resource strategy, innovation, and the energy industry, as well as other management-related areas
Our curriculum emphasizes solid research methods, theory and applications in management. Students work closely with faculty, and are also given the opportunity to pursue their own research ideas. Faculty members in the department publish in the top journals in the field and students are encouraged to participate in this work and generate original research. In addition to course work, students learn about the academic profession through invited guest lectures and attendance at national conferences.
Our Management Faculty
The management faculty members are top scholars in the field and their teaching is consistently rated by students as outstanding. Professors are collegial and very accessible to students.
Current faculty and their areas of interest:
Leanne Atwater: Leadership, discipline, feedback processes
Roger Blakeney: Cross-cultural management and negotiation
Dennis Bozeman: Organizational politics, influence processes
Teri Elkins: Personnel law, discrimination, justice
John Ivancevich: Stress, business travelers, expatriates
Carla Jones: Corporate governance, competitive dynamics
Robert Keller: International technology transfer
Vicky Liu: Organizational change, transformational leadership
Timothy McMahon: Cross-cultural issues, organizational change
James Phillips: Justice, discipline, discrimination
Joseph Pratt: Business history, energy sector history
Dale Rude: Behavioral finance, investor decision making
Andrew Szilagyi: Leadership, strategy
<st1:personname w:st="on">Dusya Vera</st1:personname>: Strategic leadership, org. learning, improvisation
Steve Werner: Compensation, international human resources
Financial Aid
Accepted doctoral students are hired as Research Assistants for 20 hours a week for four years and receive generous year-round stipends ($25,000). In addition, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Houston</st1:placename></st1:place> provides fellowships that cover tuition for four years. The Department of Management provides laptop computers for new students and additional funding for students presenting papers at national conferences.
Applications
Admissions occur only in the Fall, and the deadline is February 1. To apply for the Ph.D. Program in Management in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Bauer</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place>, please visit our web site at www.bauer.uh.edu/doctoral/management/ or contact us at 713-743-4677, 713-743-4670, or email Dr. <st1:personname w:st="on">Dusya Vera</st1:personname> at dvera@uh.edu.
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