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	Kathleen Hagerty, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Research and Director of the Doctoral Program

Director's Welcome

Welcome to the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Our PhD program has a rich tradition of training thought leaders for the world of business. It is a doctoral program founded on intellectual rigor, the desire to develop useful frameworks and insights for the business environment, and a
culture of collaboration.

The principal objective of the Kellogg School's doctoral program is to train
men and women for academic positions in universities where they will create and communicate new knowledge. Kellogg's doctoral students graduate with
the skills to succeed as scholars: the ability to think critically, facility with rigorous research methods, knowledge of the relevant questions in their field and the motivation to continue learning throughout the course of their career.

Our graduates understand that successful academic research requires a balance of boldness and caution. A researcher is an entrepreneur offering new ideas, rather than products or services, and often those ideas run contrary to conventional wisdom. Some courage is needed to present new research to colleagues and students, yet the scholar must subject the research to rigorous testing and analysis to ensure its validity before it is published. The ability to communicate clearly, both in writing and in oral presentations, is important to this process.

The Kellogg faculty is world-renowned for its contributions in fields such as marketing, finance, strategy, game theory, negotiations, operations management and accounting. Each year, the faculty offers between 25 and 30 doctoral seminars in which they share current knowledge and, more significantly to students, the process by which that knowledge was gained and the puzzles that remain. Other fields at Northwestern University, including economics, psychology, political science and sociology, also provide training in the fundamental disciplines that underlie much of the research in business.

The Kellogg School offers frequent opportunities for students to collaborate on research projects with faculty and other doctoral students and to co-author publications with them. By the time students reach the dissertation stage, they should have a thorough understanding of their field, the ability to identify opportunities for new frameworks and insights, and the technical ability to turn those opportunities into published research.

Working together, our faculty, students and I will provide you with the best doctoral education available. The following information will allow you to discover whether the Kellogg School of Management is the best doctoral program for you.

Sincerely,

Kathleen Hagerty
Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Research and Director of the Doctoral Program