This is the best job in the whole world - top
of the list is we have a ton of autonomy.
In this job we have autonomy in what we study,
we all get to study something that we're passionate
about, something that we care about.
On the organizational behavior side we essentially
study people at work, we examine their experiences,
their emotions, their behaviors, their attitudes.
The other side of things is strategic management
scholars, and strategic management involves
the study of essentially why organizations
perform in the way that they do.
Things like crisis management, firm reputation,
firm status, alliances, and how they are formed,
that they work in and amongst organizations.
The first few years of the program students
are really focused on course work in addition
to helping out on research projects with faculty.
After you pass comprehensive exams at the
end of your second year you begin focusing
on leading your own research project, forming
your own research ideas as well as your dissertation
and teaching.
You don't need an MBA or any master degree
in order to apply, so just an undergraduate
degree will do.
One of the nice things about a PhD program
is that the tuition is actually covered, on
top of that we get paid a stipend - so at
the end of the day we're basically getting
paid to do research and to get this advanced
degree, which is really nice - and we have
such a productive faculty, they are so open
to working with us and happy for us to come
and ask them questions so that we can really
learn how to be productive faculty members
ourselves.
The salary that management faculty make is
another amazing benefit of this type of career.
Most of our recent graduates are starting
off with a total salary compensation of over
two hundred thousand dollars a year.
Management faculty are able to earn that kind
of income with a substantial freedom and flexibility
to work where they want and study where and
what they want.
There's truly not a better place to get a
PhD in management than at the Terry College
of Business here at the University of Georgia.
One indication of that is the TAMUGA Rankings,
these rankings show the productivity of management
faculty across the country and UGA is consistently
in the top 5 of those rankings.
The idea of research was always a really interesting
thing to me.
Education is really important and to instill
that in others, has a sense of satisfaction
that I would not have found in the corporate
world.
I have known from day one that UGA was the
right department for me to go to.
I felt supported every way that I could imagine
and I just love the people who are here.
We also really enjoy being around each other
and so when we have an accomplishment when
we have a publication accepted we'll celebrate
with the faculty and the students by having
a happy hour and it's just a really fun time
to enjoy being around each other and that's
something really valuable in a PhD program.
