Fuqua's Management Area is one of the leading departments of Management scholarship in the world. We pride ourselves on world-class research and teaching in our MBA, PhD, and non-degree programs.

The Management area's scholarship includes research and teaching directed at multiple levels of the organization. Our work includes individual decision-making, interpersonal relationships and group processes, and firm-level organizational and strategic activities. Our faculty members draw from several disciplines, including psychology, sociology, economics, management science, organizational behavior, and strategy.

Research

The area has long-standing strength in the field of behavioral decision theory. Together with decision researchers in other areas of the school, Management area decisions scholars contribute to making the Fuqua School of Business one of the world's leading sites of decision research. Management area faculty members play lead roles in Fuqua's Center for Decision Studies .

The area's second research emphasis addresses organizational processes and interpersonal relationships. Scholarship within this theme addresses issues such as trust, negotiation, justice, information technology management, control, team dynamics, and leadership. Faculty members in the Management area are playing the lead role in developing the Fuqua/Coach K Center of Leadership and Ethics (COLE) .

The area's third research theme encompasses strategy and organizational theory. Our scholarship emphasizes the field of business dynamics, addressing longitudinal strategy, technology studies, and organizational design. Management area faculty have leadership roles in several of Fuqua's strategy initiatives, including the Fuqua/Coach K Center of Leadership & Ethics, the   Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program (EIP) , the DUKE Center for International Business Educations and Research (CIBER) , the Duke Innovation Center , the Hartman Center, and the Fuqua Center for Business Dynamics.

The area's scholarship has a strong interdisciplinary emphasis. The research agendas of management area faculty members are central to Fuqua's cross-cutting research themes in decision making and innovation, as well as to Duke's university-wide research programs, such as those studying ethics, decision making, innovation, environmental studies, and health sector management and policy.

Teaching

MBA teaching in Fuqua's Day, Cross-Continent, Weekend, and Global MBA programs reflects the broad range of scholarship in the area. Management Area faculty teaches core courses in Managerial Effectiveness, Organizational Design, and Strategy in our MBA programs. We also teach electives on topics such as negotiation, leadership, power and politics, human resource management, business ethics, managing groups, managerial decision making, strategy, technology strategy, entrepreneurship, strategic modeling, business dynamics, alliance strategy, and international business. Our teaching helps students advance within their current positions and to prepare themselves for new careers.

The Management area has an active PhD program , which prepares students for research positions in decision making, organizational behavior, and strategy. Our students take doctoral level courses in the area's research fields, as well as in related theories and advanced research methods. The students develop research projects both within and across traditional subareas of management studies. During their first year, PhD students work closely with faculty members to produce and then present original research. At the end of their second year, PhD students take comprehensive examinations. These exams test their command of previous research in our core areas and check that they are prepared to conduct original research in one subject or in topics that cut across the subjects.