Dec 30, 2025  
USC Catalogue 2023-2024 
    
USC Catalogue 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Department of Management and Organization


The department of Management and Organization (MOR) offers courses in human resources, negotiations, organizational behavior, organization theory and management strategy. The management function is concerned with setting corporate strategy to gain competitive advantage in a dynamic, global environment; designing the organization to implement the strategy; and leading organizational members to achieve strategic objectives. In carrying out their responsibilities, managers must balance the demands of the competitive environment with the resources and capabilities inside the organization. The department’s classes help students learn how to be effective managers by developing skills in team building, decision-making, strategy formulation, organizational design, motivating employees and human resource development.

 

Undergraduate Minors

Undergraduate Major

Graduate Certificate

Management and Organization Department
Marshall School of Business
Hoffman Hall 431
(213) 740-0728
FAX: (213) 821-6000
Email: MOR-Info@marshall.usc.edu
marshall.usc.edu/mor

Chair: Kyle J. Mayer, PhD*

Faculty

Cyrus the Great Teaching Chair in Timeless Leadership: Rebecca (Becky) Heino, PhD

Joseph A. DeBell Chair in Business Administration: Nandini Rajagopalan, PhD*

Jill and Frank Fertitta Chair in Business Administration: Peer C. Fiss, PhD*

McAlister Associate Professor in Business Administration: Cheryl J. Wakslak, PhD

Jorge Paulo and Susanna Lemann Chair in Entrepreneurship: Nate Fast, PhD*

Harold Quinton Chair in Business Policy: Paul Adler, PhD*

Captain Henry W. Simonsen Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship: Violina Rindova, PhD

University Professor of Education and Business: Shaun R. Harper, PhD

Dean’s Associate Professor in Business Administration: Nan Jia, PhD

Distinguished Research Professor of Business: Edward E. Lawler III, PhD

Professors: Paul Adler, PhD*; Peter J. Carnevale, PhD; Thomas G. Cummings, PhD; Peer C. Fiss, PhD*; Geoffrey Garrett, PhD; Shaun R. Harper, PhD*; Peter H. Kim, PhD; Edward E. Lawler III, PhD; Kyle J. Mayer, PhD*; Nandini Rajagopalan, PhD*; Violina Rindova, PhD; Scott S. Wiltermuth, PhD

Associate Professors: Arvind Bhambri, DBA*; Eric M. Anicich, PhD; Nathanael J. Fast, PhD*; Shon R. Hiatt, PhD*; Nan Jia, PhD; Joseph Raffiee, PhD; Florenta Teodoridis, PhD; Leigh P. Tost, PhD; Sarah S. M. Townsend, PhD; Cheryl J. Wakslak, PhD

Assistant Professors: Melody Chang, PhD; John Eklund, PhD, DPhil; Daniel Fehder, PhD; Erin Frey, PhD; Hyo Kang, PhD

Professors of Clinical Management and Organization: Marco Aponte-Moreno, PhD*; Rebecca (Becky) Heino, PhD; Carl W. Voigt, PhD*

Associate Professors of Clinical Management and Organization: Christopher G. Bresnahan, PhD*; Christian Busch, PhD; Christine El Haddad, PhD*

Assistant Professors of Clinical Management and Organization: Agnes Andor, PhD; Courtney M. Brunious, JD, MBA; Jody Tolan, EdD*

Lecturer: Michael Mische, MBA*

Emeritus Professors: Philip H. Birnbaum-More, PhD; Judith Blumenthal, PhD; John W. Boudreau, PhD; Tim S. Campbell, PhD; Trudi Ferguson, PhD; Janet Fulk, PhD (Annenberg); L. Katharine Harrington, PhD; Julia Liebeskind, PhD; Morgan W. McCall, Jr., PhD; Peter Monge, PhD* (Annenberg); Kathleen Reardon, PhD; Robert B. Turrill, PhD*

Research Professor Emeritus: James O’Toole, PhD

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

 

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