The management & organization (M&O) department at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, consists of 20 core faculty including tenure-track, visiting, and teaching professors. The group's interests and responsibilities cover the following areas: strategy, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, and human resources.

M&O faculty are proud of the department's very strong track record in research as well as teaching. As a group, we are particularly interested in and excited by topics such as innovation and entrepreneurship, intangible assets, management of uncertainty, and social networks. A recent analysis of publications in the most prestigious strategy, OB, and HR journals indicated that, on a worldwide basis, M&O ranked among the top 10 over the period 1997-2003 and among the top 5 over the period 2001-2003.

Some other indicators of the strength and scholarly reputation of M&O faculty include:

• Five Fellows, including the current Dean of Fellows, of the Academy of Management;
• Past President & Current President-Elect of Academy of Management;
• Two members of the 11-member board of governors of the Academy of Management;
• Six University of Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Teachers, a campus-wide recognition;
• Multiple editorships and editorial board memberships on highly prestigious academic journals;
• Multiple best paper awards from prestigious journals and academies;
• At the 2003 annual meeting of Academy of Management, M&O was among the Top 12 schools most represented on the program agenda with over 60% of all M&O faculty and over 60% of all M&O PhD students presenting papers at this conference.

M&O faculty also believe in excellence in teaching. Over the last several years, as a department, M&O faculty have earned the highest average teaching ratings across all departments every single semester. It is our belief that, aside from having a group of excellent faculty, part of the explanation for why M&O excels at both research and teaching has to do with a culture of collaboration where colleagues are expected to add intellectual synergy to each other. It is our hope that we will be able to continue this cultural strength, as we become a larger group.

Through their teaching, Smith's management and organization faculty members assist current business leaders and entrepreneurs in developing the skills necessary to create and sustain successful organizations, and help prepare a new generation of managers to meet business challenges of the future.