Course variations

Course summary

This program focuses on research creating management theory and knowledge that is relevant to management practice. Through a curriculum covering multiple disciplines and functional perspectives and through thesis work that typically includes field-based research, students master concepts and research skills that enable them to do research that is directly relevant to business problems. Students in Management choose at least one discipline in which to anchor their research, usually economics, sociology, or organizational behavior. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of Management is its multidisciplinary perspective. As the phenomena of general management cuts across economics, psychology, sociology, organizational behavior, and administrative sciences, our students develop discipline-based expertise in at least two substantive domains. Our students’ dissertations typically focus on innovation, entrepreneurship, general management, comparative organizations, organizational learning, development of influence networks in strategic alliances, and transition from entrepreneurial to professional management in domestic and international settings.

Entry requirement for international students

A bachelors degree or its equivalent, earned at a college or its equivalent either in the United States or overseas, is normally required for entrance to any of the graduate or professional schools. International students enrolled at Harvard University must be able to read English with ease, to understand rapid, idiomatic English as spoken in lectures and group discussions, and to express thoughts quickly and clearly in spoken and written English. A student who is not proficient in English at the time of application should not apply for admission. Applicants whose native language is not English or who have not graduated from an English-speaking university may be required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Applicants should consult each individual school about test requirements and minimum acceptable scores.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Department name

Harvard Business School