Management
ESSEC’s Management Department combines rigorous academic standards with close ties to the business world to train future leaders Our programs are designed to nurture capable, independent and responsible managers, equipped to guide and contribute to their organizations. The department’s research efforts have garnered accolades and gained global recognition
In a world reshaped by technological disruption, ecological transition, and geopolitical realignment, the Management Department at ESSEC Business School tackles these challenges with a core commitment to rigorous scholarship, pedagogy, citizenship, and engagement with practice.
The department brings together more than 30 faculty members from over 15 nationalities, with expertise in strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, organizational theory, organizational behavior, and human resources. Complementing our research faculty, seven Professors of Management Practice bring extensive senior executive experience into our teaching and research conversations.
The department maintains strong connections and collaborations with corporate and non-profit partners on Technology Management and Innovation, Change Management, Entrepreneurship, Social Networks, Diversity and Leadership, Complexity, Organizational Design, Consulting, Agribusiness, Luxury, Sports, Hospitality, and Electric Mobility. These collaborations generate research and teaching opportunities across ESSEC's campuses, including Singapore and Morocco.
Our work is anchored in ESSEC's Transcend strategy and contributes to its four institutes — Environmental and Social Transition, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (Meta Lab), and Geopolitics and Business — providing a transdisciplinary framework for addressing the management challenges of a rapidly changing world.
Members of the department frequently publish in the leading journals of the field (including Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies) and serve as editors and editorial board members of major journals. Faculty members are highly involved in the ESSEC PhD program. Our professors focus on critical areas of interest and apply rigorous, state-of-the-art scientific methods to both their research and their teaching. This work has won awards and received numerous distinctions within the international academic community.
The Management Department's research seminars are held on a regular basis and feature internationally renowned academics. In addition to these recurring events, our faculty organizes conferences, research events and doctoral workshops. For a list of recent and upcoming events, see below:
The Management Department prepares the next generation of leaders—from pre-experience students taking their first steps into business to post-experience participants returning to sharpen their edge. Our courses, embedded across all ESSEC programs, are built to develop accountable, clear-thinking professionals ready to meet the evolving demands of business and society. We draw on modern pedagogical tools and translate cutting-edge research into practical insight that informs and guides real managerial decision-making.
The Management Department offers an intensive doctoral program with three core specializations: Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior and Theory, and Strategy. By applying social science disciplines and rigorous research methods to complex management challenges, the program prepares students for high-level academic careers in top research institutions. Working independently and closely with the Department’s faculty, students receive rigorous training in current field debates and research methods, including research design and data collection. The program culminates with a dissertation that reflects their unique scholarly curiosity and represents a significant contribution to management knowledge. For a list of our current doctoral students and a history of our students' placement in academic institutions please visit: https://www.essec.edu/en/pages/concentration-management/
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