Graduate School of Business Administration

Degree Programs
Master of Business Administration
Master of Science
Dual Degree Programs
Doctor of Philosophy
Courses of Instruction

Undergraduate and graduate education for business began at USC in 1920 with the establishment of the College of Commerce and Business Administration. In 1922, the school was accredited by the national accrediting body of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, and has remained accredited since that time.

The Graduate School of Business Administration (GSBA) was established in 1960 and the undergraduate business division was renamed the School of Business.

Curricular programs and research commitments of the school are subject to constant review in an effort to keep abreast of the values, motivations, goals and needs of business enterprise and of students who are destined to become managers of private enterprise in an age of rapid change.

The curricula are increasingly oriented to the integration of knowledge, current issues and practical problem solving. Courses are offered in innovative formats which include integrated programs, simulated environments and field studies.

The school's learning methods are supported in every way possible by faculty and student research, computing centers, management and behavioral laboratories, a learning services center and individual student career counseling.

Administration

Randolph W. Westerfield, Ph.D., Dean

Bert M. Steece, Ph.D., Deputy Dean of Faculty

Timothy Campbell, Ph.D., Deputy Dean for Academic Planning and Programs

Anthony M. Marino, Ph.D., Director, Doctoral Program

Margaret P. Dufford, M.B.A., Associate Dean, Administration

Kenneth A. Merchant, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Accounting Programs

Michael L. Duffy, J.D., M.B.A., Associate Dean, Master's Degree Programs

J. Douglas Andrews, Ph.D., Assistant Dean

Annette Loschert, M.B.A., Assistant Dean, Graduate Admissions, Financial Aid and Academic Services

Donna J. Miles, M.A., Executive Director, Office of Career Services

School of Accounting

School of Accounting 101
(213) 740-4838
(213) 747-2815 (FAX)

Dean: Kenneth A. Merchant, Ph.D., C.P.A.
Associate Dean: Leslie R. Porter, Ph.D.

Faculty

Accounting Circle Professorship in Accounting: Thomas W. Lin, Ph.D., C.M.A.

Arthur Andersen & Co. Alumni Professorship in Accounting: Theodore J. Mock, Ph.D.

Ernst and Young Professorship in Accounting: William W. Holder, D.B.A., C.P.A.

Kenneth Leventhal Professorship in Accounting: Michael L. Moore, Ph.D., C.P.A.

KPMG Peat Marwick Professorship in Accounting: Kenneth A. Merchant, Ph.D., C.P.A.

USC Accounting Associates Professorship: Jerry L. Arnold, Ph.D., C.P.A.

Professors: Michael A. Diamond, Ph.D., C.P.A.; E. John Larsen, D.B.A., C.P.A.

Associate Professors: John J. Barcal, J.D., C.P.A.*; Sarah E. Bonner, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Mark L. DeFond, Ph.D., C.P.A.*; Patricia J. Hughes, Ph.D.; James G. Manegold, Ph.D.*; Daniel E. O'Leary, Ph.D., C.P.A., C.M.A., C.I.S.A.; Zoe-Vonna Palmrose, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Karen V. Pincus, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Charles W. Swenson, Ph.D., C.P.A.*; Paul R. Watkins, Ph.D., C.M.A.; S. Mark Young, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Shlomo Benartzi, Ph.D.; Dan Elnathan, Ph.D.; Mandira R. Sankar, Ph.D.; K.R. Subramanyam, Ph.D.; Robert H. Trezevant, Ph.D.

Professors of Clinical Accounting: Michael L. Duffy, J.D., M.B.A.; Leslie R. Porter, Ph.D.; Robert S. Roussey, B.S., C.P.A.; William R. Smith, M.B.A., C.P.A., C.M.A.

Associate Professor of Clinical Accounting: Cecil W. Jackson, B.Com., C.A.

Assistant Professors of Clinical Accounting: Ruben A. Davila, M.B.A., C.P.A.; Chrislynn Freed, M.B.A., C.P.A.; Alan B. Grass, J.D.; Michael G. Kaplan, M.B.A., C.P.A.; Rose M. Layton, M.B.A., C.P.A.; Richard H. Perez, J.D., C.P.A.; Robert A. Scharlach, B.S., C.P.A.; Kendall Simmonds, M.B.A., C.P.A.

Executive-in-Residence: Keith W. Renken, M.S., C.P.A.

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Business Communication

Accounting 400
(213) 740-0627
(213) 740-7559 (FAX)

Chair: J. Douglas Andrews, Ph.D.

Faculty

Professor of Clinical Business Communication: J. Douglas Andrews, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors of Clinical Business Communication: Larry S. Ferrario, Ph.D.; James Gosline, M.A.; Laree Kiely, Ph.D.*; Shirley C. Maxey, M.A.*; Carol Shuherk, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Entrepreneur Program

Bridge Hall 6
(213) 740-0641
(213) 740-2976 (FAX)

Director: Jon P. Goodman, Ph.D.

Faculty

Professors of Clinical Entrepreneurship: R. Mack Davis, B.A.*; Jon P. Goodman, Ph.D.

Associate Professors of Clinical Entrepreneurship: William H. Crookston, Ph.D.; Peter H. Engle, B.S.C.; Michael T. White, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors of Clinical Entrepreneurship: Kathleen R. Allen, Ph.D.; Steven S. Gal, J.D.

Finance and Business Economics

Hoffman Hall 701
(213) 740-6515
(213) 750-6650 (FAX)

Chair: Alan C. Shapiro, Ph.D.

Faculty

Robert R. Dockson Dean's Chair in Business Administration: Randolph W. Westerfield, Ph.D.

Charles E. Cook/Community Bank Chair in Banking: Harry DeAngelo, Ph.D.

Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise: Timothy Campbell, Ph.D. (Deputy Dean for Academic Planning and Programs)

Kenneth King Stonier Chair in Business Administration: Linda E. DeAngelo, Ph.D.

Ivadelle and Theodore Johnson Professorship in Banking and Finance: Alan C. Shapiro, Ph.D.

Professors: Stuart Gabriel, Ph.D.; Lawrence E. Harris, Ph.D.; Anthony M. Marino, Ph.D.; James McN. Stancill, Jr., Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Guilford C. Babcock, Ph.D.; David Dale-Johnson, Ph.D.; J. Kimball Dietrich, Ph.D.; Dennis W. Draper, Ph.D.; Richard V. Eastin, Ph.D.*; Thomas W. Gilligan, Ph.D.; Maurice B. Goudzwaard, Ph.D.; Ayse Imrohoroglu, Ph.D.; Douglas H. Joines, Ph.D.; Ananth N. Madhavan, Ph.D.; Aris Protopapadakis, Ph.D.; Mark I. Weinstein, Ph.D.; Mark Zupan, Ph.D.*

Assistant Professors: Sudipto Dasgupta, Ph.D.; Giorgio DeSantis, Ph.D.*; Bruno Gerard, Ph.D.; Selahattin Imrohoroglu, Ph.D.; John Matsusaka, Ph.D.; Nolan M. McCarty, Ph.D.; Vikram Nanda, Ph.D.; Patricia Reynolds, Ph.D.; Vincent Warther, Ph.D.

Associate Professors of Clinical Finance and Business Economics: John J. Dittrick, Jr., Ph.D.; Kevin Villani, Ph.D.

Associate Professors of Clinical Business Law: Henry R. Cheeseman, J.D.; Dagmar V. Halamka, J.D.*; Richard Honn, J.D.

Associate Professors of Clinical Real Estate: Rocky Tarantello, D.B.A.; Donald J. Valachi, D.B.A.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Business Law: James Miller, J.D.

Assistant Professors of Clinical Finance and Business Economics: James Andre, Ph.D.; Suh-Pyng Ku, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Information and Operations Management

Bridge Hall 401
(213) 740-0172
(213) 740-7313 (FAX)

Chair: John E. Rolph, Ph.D.

Faculty

Justin Dart Term Professorship in Operations Management: Richard B. Chase, Ph.D.

E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Business Administration: Jack R. Borsting, Ph.D.

Professors: K. Ravi Kumar, Ph.D.*; John E. Rolph, Ph.D.; Bert M. Steece, Ph.D.* (Deputy Dean of Faculty)

Associate Professors: Wallace R. Blischke, Ph.D.; Delores A. Conway, Ph.D.; Omar L. El Sawy, Ph.D.; Richard D. McBride, Ph.D.; S. Rajagopalan, Ph.D.; J. Christopher Westland, Ph.D.; Jonathan S. Yormark, Ph.D. (Director of Information Resources)

Assistant Professors: Moshe Fridman, Ph.D.; Alexander Hars, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Rose, Ph.D.; Christian Wagner, Ph.D.; Alex X. Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Information and Operations Management: David O'Donnell, M.S.

Research Associate Professor of Clinical Information and Operations Management: Walter Scacchi, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Management and Organization

Bridge Hall 306
(213) 740-0728
(213) 749-0541 (FAX)

Chair: Robert E. Coffey, Ph.D.

Faculty

University Professor; Distinguished Professor of Business Administration: Warren G. Bennis, Ph.D.

Harold Quinton Distinguished Chair in Business Policy: Ian Mitroff, Ph.D.

Research Professors: Richard L. Drobnick, Ph.D.; Edward E. Lawler, Ph.D.

Professors: Philip Birnbaum-More, Ph.D.; Robert E. Coffey, Ph.D.; Thomas G. Cummings, Ph.D.; Michael J. Driver, Ph.D.; Larry E. Greiner, D.B.A.; James H. Stevenson, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Paul Adler, Ph.D.; Arvind Bhambri, D.B.A.; William Davidson, D.B.A.; Morgan McCall, Ph.D.; Alan L. Patz, Ph.D.; Kathleen Reardon, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: V Nicholas S. Argyres, Ph.D.; Terri D. Egan, Ph.D.; Sam Hariharan, Ph.D.*; Nancy Kurland, Ph.D.; Julia Liebeskind, Ph.D.; Joan Mahoney, Ph.D.; Lisa Pelled, Ph.D.; Nandini Rajagopalan, Ph.D.; Gretchen Spreitzer, Ph.D.

Professor of Clinical Management and Organization: Jay R. Galbraith, D.B.A.

Associate Professor of Clinical Management and Organization: Robert B. Turrill, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors of Clinical Management and Organization: Kenneth Hill, Ph.D.; Donna J. Miles, M.A.; Carl Voight, M.B.A.

Research Assistant Professors, Center for Effective Organizations: Gary C. McMahan, Ph.D.; Ramkrishnan V. Tenkasi, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Marketing

Accounting 301
(213) 740-5033
(213) 740-7828 (FAX)

Chair: Gary L. Frazier, D.B.A.

Faculty

Robert E. Brooker Chair in Marketing: David W. Stewart, Ph.D.

Jerry and Nancy Neely Term Professorship in Marketing: Gerard Tellis, Ph.D.

Richard and Jarda Hurd Chair in Distribution Management: Gary L. Frazier, D.B.A.

Ernest Hahn Term Professorship in Marketing: Fred S. Zufryden, Ph.D.

Professor: Ben M. Enis, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Valerie Folkes, Ph.D.; Bernard J. Jaworski, Ph.D.; Michael Kamins, Ph.D.*; Deborah J. MacInnis, Ph.D.; Naufel Vilcassim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Robert Fisher, Ph.D.; Jill Grace, Ph.D.; Elliot Maltz, Ph.D.; Dennis Rook, Ph.D.; Allen Weiss, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors of Clinical Marketing Karen Arden, M.B.A.; Michael Dore, M.B.A.*; Edmond Lausier, M.B.A.

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Emeritus Faculty

Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Management: Morris M. Mautner, B.A., LL.D.

Emeritus Quinton Professor of Research: Olaf K. Helmer, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professors: Douglas Basil, Ph.D.; James D. Calderwood, Ph.D.; William F. Crum, Ph.D., C.P.A.; John E. Fleming, D.B.A.; William C. Himstreet, Ed.D.; John Jaeger, Ph.D.; Walter B. Meigs, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Taylor W. Meloan, D.B.A.; Anelise N. Mosich, Ph.D., C.P.A.; Burt Nanus, Ph.D.; Rodolph H. Redmond, LL.B.*; Alan Rowe, Ph.D.; Norman Sigband, Ph.D.; Jack D. Steele, D.B.A.; Kenneth L. Trefftzs, Ph.D.

Emeritus Associate Professor: Charles S.K. Jameson, D.B.A.

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Degree Programs

The Graduate School of Business Administration offers the following degree programs: Master of Business Administration, full-time, evening, executive and international programs; Master of Science in Business Administration; Master of Science in Information and Operations Management; dual degrees with the schools of Urban and Regional Planning, Gerontology, Engineering, Dentistry, Pharmacy, the Law Center and the Department of Nursing; and the Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School).

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