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Business leadership is increasingly required to integrate multiple sources of knowledge, understand the perceptions of diverse parties, and put human values into action. Executives are challenged to create social, intellectual, and economic value for their organizations and for society at large based on rigorous and sound evidence. Recognizing these challenges, the Weatherhead School of Management offers two doctorate degrees in management for working professionals:  the Doctor of Management and the Designing Sustainable Systems track in the PhD in Management.

Doctor of Management (DM) PhD in Management, Sustainable Systems
Year One Year Two Year Three Additional Year
  • Identify problem of practice
  • Understand & synthesize
    relevant literature
  • Complete conceptual paper
  • Initiate qualitative
    research project
  • Directed independent research
  • Complete qualitative
    research paper
  • Develop theoretical model
  • Initiate quantitative
    research project
  • Directed independent research
  • Complete quantitative research paper
  • Complete dissertation composed of qualitative and quantitative research projects
  • Integrate research projects into dissertation
  • Directed independent research
  • Directed independent research
  • Comprehensive exam
  • Proposal Defense
  • Dissertation Defense
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The Doctor of Management is a three-year lockstep program with an option to pursue the Designing Sustainable Systems track in the PhD in Management Program. DM students' research projects are evaluated by a faculty review committee over the course of the Program at critical research milestones.

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Sue Nartker
Managing Director
216.368.1943

Kalle Lyytinen
Director of Academic Affairs
216.368.5353

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