Department of Management


Department of Management
W. P. Carey School of Business
P.O. Box 874006
Tempe, AZ 85287-4006

Phone: 480-965-3431
Fax: 480-965-8314
E-mail: wpcareymgt@asu.edu


The Spirit of Enterprise Center
W. P. Carey School of Business
P.O. Box 874006
Tempe, AZ 85287-4006

Phone: 480-965-0474
Fax: 480-727-6185
E-mail: spiritofenterprise@asu.edu

Core Management Topics

The topics listed below were identified by the management faculty as those critical for a Ph.D. student in Management to know. These topics are covered on the first day of the comprehensive exam.

  • Leadership/influence
  • Groups/teams/group dynamics
  • Organizational change and development
  • Motivation models/theories
  • Organizational culture
  • Organization design and structure
  • Innovation
  • Power, politics, and decision making
  • Basic HRM functions
  • Strategic management processes
  • Strategic management content (e.g., economic theory of the firm; agency theory)
  • Individual and organizational cognition
  • Individual differences (ability, personality, etc.)
  • Individual and organizational outcomes (job satisfaction, extra-role behaviors, performance, withdrawal, attitudes and behavior, commitment, stress)