Management (Graduate Program)

For information regarding the UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM, click here.    

Program Overview

The primary mission of the Rucks Department of Management’s graduate program is to develop trained professionals who are qualified to instruct in a university environment and capable of conducting scholarly research. All PhD students are required to demonstrate knowledge in the broad domain of management and in an area of concentration within management. The area of concentration may be selected from either organizational behavior/human resource management (OB/HR) or strategic management.

Administration

Admission

Applications and supporting materials for all graduate study must be submitted through the online application site for the LSU Graduate School. For detailed information how to submit official transcripts, test scores, and other materials, please refer to the information provided by the Graduate School. These paper documents are stored electronically and departments have access to all materials submitted by and/or on behalf of a student applying to graduate study.

Applications for admission are received and evaluated by the department. Applicants must adhere to the application deadlines established by the Graduate School. The application deadline is January 15.

Individuals desiring admission to the PhD program must submit a formal application to the LSU Graduate School. The following documents should accompany all applications submitted to the Graduate School: transcript(s) of undergraduate study, transcript(s) of all graduate work, GMAT (or GRE) score, and a statement of purpose. An applicant whose native language is not English and/or who has been educated outside of the U.S. in a country or province where English is not the only official language must demonstrate proof of English proficiency by submitting a TOEFL iBT, an IELTS, a  PTE, a Duolingo, or a Michigan English Language score before the application is evaluated for admission. Please refer to the Graduate School’s Admission site for a list of the required scores. Regardless of test scores submitted, official scores are those reported directly to LSU by the respective testing service at the request of the student.  If Graduate School criteria are met, these documents are reviewed by the Rucks Department of Management’s PhD Policy and Admissions Committee for an admission recommendation. This recommendation will then be forwarded to the Graduate School. The statement of purpose should include:

1. Career objectives and reasons for wanting to pursue a PhD;
2. How the applicant’s academic or professional background has prepared him or her for PhD studies;
3. Reasons for selecting the PhD in Management at LSU;
4. To the extent possible, an outline of possible research interests;
5. Any other information that may assist in the admission decision.

In general applicants should have successfully completed coursework equivalent to either the MBA or MS in Management. Students without graduate level studies in management may be required to complete additional coursework. In general, minimum admission requirements are a GPA of 3.5 in prior graduate work (or undergraduate work for applicants who have not completed graduate level coursework), and a score of 600 or above on the GMAT.

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance is available to some students. Support may be available through the student’s home department or other units in the form of research or teaching assistantships. A student should contact his or her home department for more information on available assistantship positions. To ensure consideration for financial aid, all application materials should be submitted in accordance with the application deadline.

Graduate Faculty

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Timothy D. Chandler (M) • Collective bargaining in the public/private sectors, labor–management arbitration, negotiation
Kubilay Cirik (6A) • Firm entry, First-mover advantage, Competitive strategy/dynamics
Monique Domingo (6A) • : Leadership, teams, gender backlash
Thomas Greckhamer (M) • Strategic management, strategy as practice, configurational theory and methods, comparative management, qualitative research methods
Charlotte Jacobs (6A) • Innovation management, nascent technologies and markets, market shaping, renewable energies
Michael Johnson (6A) • Human resource management, organizational behavior, gender & diversity, justice & ethics
Cyril Tae Um (6A) • : Contract, governance, innovation, inter-firm relationship, venture capital
​Daniel Whitman (7M) • Teams, leadership, and personality

Emeritus and Retired Faculty

Arthur G. Bedeian
Courtland M. Chaney
F. Marion Fletcher
Edmund R. Gray
Daniel B. Marin

Programs

• Business Administration, PhD (Management Concentration)