PhD in Management - Design & Innovation

Delve into the disciplines of information systems and marketing and be prepared to research consequential issues faced by organizations and managers in Weatherhead School of Management鈥檚 PhD in Management - Design and Innovation program at Case Western Reserve University. 

Our world-class program seeks to develop scholars who challenge conventional wisdom, think critically and creatively, are skilled in rigorous research methods that transcend the qualitative/quantitative divide, and desire a career addressing significant organizational problems.

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4-5
years to complete program
20k+
Weatherhead alumni globally
#1
university in Ohio, U.S. News & World Report

The Weatherhead Way

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365bet体育在线世界杯 Case Western Reserve, you鈥檒l study at one of the nation鈥檚 leading research universities鈥攊n one of the country鈥檚 most culturally robust neighborhoods. You鈥檒l live and learn in a city known for industry and healthcare innovation, where nearly 40% of Fortune 500 companies are represented. You鈥檒l learn breakthrough business concepts from the people who wrote the book on them.

Plus, you鈥檒l:

  • Learn more than just the core skills of business management,
  • Discover yourself better as a person and as a leader, and
  • Build the skills you need to reach beyond problem solving to solution innovation.

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Your PhD, Your Way

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Market-driven Curriculum

You鈥檒l engage with problems grounded in practice, building on traditions in the disciplines of information systems, strategy and marketing. A belief that informs our program is that action underlies inquiry, strategy informs action, and innovative action creates customer value. 
 

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Leading Faculty

Our faculty will provide you with interdisciplinary theoretical grounding and methodological skills to enable you to carve your own path in research, prepare you to hold academic positions at top universities and research institutions, and establish you as a risk-taker who鈥檚 unafraid to embrace the unconventional.

A History of Firsts

Our program takes inspiration from our school's tradition of breaking new ground to launch a distinctive, one-of-its-kind doctoral program dedicated to a rigorous scholarship at the nexus of intelligence, innovation and customer interactions both external and internal to the enterprise.

365bet体育在线世界杯 Weatherhead School of Management, we're home to the first:

  • doctorate in operations research, grounded in analytic system science
  • doctorate in organizational behavior, centered around a humanistic, appreciative approach to management inquiry.
  • Doctor of Management program for practitioner-scholars, concerned with analyzing problems of management practice.

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