Management Department

Isenberg’s Management program equips students with the creative problem-solving skills necessary to understand and plan for change.

On-Campus BBA in Management

Are you a people person? Do you gravitate toward leadership roles? Management students are entrepreneurs, strategic planners, holistic thinkers and cross-departmental connectors.

What will I learn?

Management courses have a special emphasis on people in the workplace. Among other topics, you’ll learn about:

Social, political and economic change
Recruitment and hiring
Forming and transforming organizations
Understanding workplaces
Techniques of decision making
Organizational structure and design

How will I learn?

Isenberg’s management department simulates the real-world challenges you’ll face on the job so you’ll be ready to tackle any complex issue thrown your way. Our faculty challenge students to answer questions about how theory applies to the real world through experiential learning.

Experiential learning opportunities include:
New Venture Planning
Foundations of Sustainable Enterprise
Isenberg Management Association

What will I do with my degree?

Management graduates are positioned to excel in a variety of managerial and consultancy positions, including HR manager, Office manager, Small business manager, Regional operations manager, Retail store manager, Hospitality manager

Many management majors start their own businesses, or have also gone on to graduate studies in business, law or professional management programs offered by major corporations.

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Online BBA in Management

Isenberg offers freedom without compromise – a flexible learning environment that delivers a superior education online with the same curriculum as our on-campus program.

Our online students are working professionals, parents and community members who live full lives and have demanding, often fluctuating schedules week to week. They want a superior education on their terms. No campus visits are required, as students can complete the entire degree online from anywhere in the world.

Degree Requirements

To meet the graduation requirements for a BBA degree, every Management major must complete the following coursework:

12 general education requirements
12 business core courses in topics like corporate finance, marketing fundamentals, operations management, & accounting
4 management major courses in topics like new ventures and foundations of sustainable enterprise
3 upper level business electives such as human resource management, administrative theory or social entrepreneurship
21 credits of non business breadth

Engagement Opportunities

ACADEMIC ADVISING
Our advisors are experts with over ten years of experience guiding students through online education. They are here to assist you with any questions you may have about your studies, from finishing your degree to taking stand-alone classes that complement your career.

Professional Organizations
There are many HTM-related organizations students can turn to for learning and networking such as the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Academy of Management (AOM)

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PhD in Organization Studies

The PhD program in Organization Studies is designed for individuals who are interested in understanding and researching the changing dynamics of organizations in contemporary society.

Charles C. Manz

Nirenberg Chaired Professor of Business Leadership

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Research

Our program offers access to a unique group of world-class faculty specializing in the following research topics:

Strategic Human Capital
Human Resource Management
Person-Organization Fit
Diversity
Leadership
Corporate Social Responsibility Practices
Social Identity, Sensemaking Processes and Organizational Change
Sustainability
The influence of Culture and Values
The contributions of Feminist Theorizing

Degree Timeline

Students 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.

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

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PhD in Strategic Management

The PhD program in strategic management allows students to make scholarly contributions to the field through research, and to prepare for a career in academia.

Anurag Sharma

Associate Professor

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Cognate Areas

Our program is designed to be an integrative discipline that draws extensively from such fields as organizational theory, organizational behavior, and industrial organization economics. Major topics within the field include:

Competitive advantage
Dynamic capabilities
Corporate governance
Sustainable strategies
Strategic decision-making
Corporate entrepreneurship

Degree Timeline

Students must take 45 credits of coursework, which seminars in organizational theory and organizational behavior, as well as statistics, methods and elective courses. Students must pass both a qualifying and comprehensive examination, take a professional colloquium course, write and defend a dissertation, and teach at Isenberg.

YEAR 1: Coursework, including statistics, research methods and theory courses, and research electives; Qualifying exam; Colloquium

YEAR 2: Coursework, including core courses, research electives and minor area courses; Comprehensive exam; Colloquium

YEAR 3: Additional coursework as needed; Development of dissertation proposal; Teaching

YEAR 4: Dissertation

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Our Faculty

Stephen Brand

Lecturer, Management