Strategic management programs provide students with the opportunity to learn the communication, business, and leadership skills needed to professionally manage others. Students will take courses such as organizational psychology, marketing, finance, and human resources.

The PhD is a doctoral degree, specifically called a "doctor of philosophy" degree. This is misleading because PhD holders are not necessarily philosophers (unless they earned their degree in philosophy!). That said, PhD recipients are able to engage in thought experiments, reason about problems, and solve problems in sophisticated ways.