Management & Organizations Department

Leigh Thompson
J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution & Organizations Leigh Thompson Photo © Nathan Mandell

We are leaders in teaching essential management skills and developing new, scientifically rigorous knowledge about management practice.

Our website is designed to give convenient access to information about all our teaching and research activities.

MBA students can learn more about the general purpose of our courses by reading our mission statement. Who else is better qualified to judge the value of our courses than generations of MBA alumni? Read the testimonials of three distinguished Kellogg alumni who have found our courses particularly valuable during all stages of their careers.

On our website, students can also read the description of our courses and the requirements for our two majors (Management & Organizations, Human Resource Management) and three minors (Management Consulting, Leadership, Decision Making & Negotiation).

Our doctoral program page gives prospective Ph.D. students a detailed description of the nature of our doctoral education. It also lists all our current doctoral students and our Ph.D. alumni. Because our faculty is very active in executive education, we provide potential participants an overview of all the executive education programs the Management & Organizations faculty is involved in teaching.

Our faculty is known around the world for path-breaking research. The Faculty & Research sections provide links to individual faculty pages, research centers, labs affiliated with the department and faculty publications. Information about our conferences and seminars are available on the Events page.

Enjoy our website and please contact us if you have any further questions.

Kellogg Insight presents articles on Management & Organizations Department

The Biggest Regret of All
Life begets regrets, but one looms larger than the others
Based on the research of Mike Morrison And Neal J. Roese
Life begets regrets, but one looms larger than the others: Regret features heavily when people reflect on their lives, but there is one thing we regret more than anything else. In previous studies, education was at the top, but those only surveyed a limited sample of the population. Neal Roese asked a representative sample of Americans what they most regretted. Read on to find out what it is.

A Dieting Conundrum
Why dieters underestimate calorie counts of meals
Based on the research of Alexander Chernev
Why dieters underestimate calorie counts of meals: Why is it that people serious about dieting always seem to have difficulty losing weight? Research by Alexander Chernev suggests the answer may be in the way we estimate the calories of meals with healthful sides.

Be Good, Get Mad
Exerting self-control makes people more inclined to anger
Based on the research of David Gal And Wendy Liu
Exerting self-control makes people more inclined to anger: Self-control is typically considered a virtue, but the admirable trait may have a dark side, too. David Gal investigated people’s emotions after acts of self-restraint, and the results were vexing.

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Management & Organizations Department News

Bringing leadership lessons to life
Through Kellogg’s new Leadership Perspectives course, students gain peer support and feedback on their development as leaders
Can groups have a ‘mind?’
Assistant Professor Adam Waytz finds that members of a group are judged to have less responsibility for their individual actions
Boycotts and the bottom line
The longer the media covers a boycott, the greater the impact on a company’s stock price, Assistant Professor Brayden King finds
Dean Sally Blount on leadership
‘Do work out of passion, love and belief,’ Blount tells students