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Please help improve my understanding of rankings of management departments. I have taken a first pass by using UTD's ranking based on research productivity in the following journals between 2010-2019: AOMjournal, ManSci, AOMreview, Admin Sci Quarterly, OrgSci, SMJ. I have a number of questions related to this ranking: 1. Does this ranking align with your own perceptions of relative department quality? 2. UTD's list of top 20 departments includes many places with non-top 20 MBAs. For example, USC, Penn State, Toronto are all top 10 in the UTD list. They outrank Stanford, Columbia, and Northwestern. Why doesn't faculty productivity align with MBA rankings? Do Stanford, Columbia, and Northwestern just not have faculty who are active in management scholarship? 3. Does the UTD ranking align well with phd program quality and job market placements in management academia? i.e., should management/strategy/ob phds from USC, Penn State, Toronto expect similar or better job market prospects than graduates of similar fields from Stanford, Columbia, and Northwestern? I am ultimately trying to get a sense for how people perceive these different departments. I would appreciate any comments that would help me add some context to the UTD rankings. [TABLE=class: outer_border, width: 400] [TR] [TH=class: header headerSortDown]Rank[/TH] [TH=class: header, width: 55%, align: left]University[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1[/TD] [TD]UPenn Wharton[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]2[/TD] [TD]INSEAD[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]3[/TD] [TD]Harvard Business School[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]4[/TD] [TD]University of Michigan Ross[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]5[/TD] [TD]New York University Stern[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]6[/TD] [TD]University of Minnesota Carlson[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]7[/TD] [TD]University of Toronto Rotman[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]8[/TD] [TD]USC Marshall[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]9[/TD] [TD]MIT Sloan[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]10[/TD] [TD]Penn State University Smeal[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]11[/TD] [TD]Maryland Robert H. Smith[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]12[/TD] [TD]Stanford University GSB[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]13[/TD] [TD]London Business School[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]14[/TD] [TD]UT Austin McCombs[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]15[/TD] [TD]Duke University Fuqua[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]16[/TD] [TD]Columbia Business School[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]17[/TD] [TD]Arizona State W.P. Carey[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]18[/TD] [TD]Washington University Olin[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]19[/TD] [TD]Northwestern Kellogg[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]20[/TD] [TD]UT Dallas Naveen Jindal[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Hello Everybody, I am targeting for PhD in Organizational Behavior/HR for 2013 (My research interests – i. Employee motivation, performance and retention, ii. Alignment of business and HR Strategy) Motive: To make some valuable contribution in the same field (Obviously I want to be an Assistant Professor) Please have a look and advice me. Thank you..! About Me: 29, Indian, Married Educational Details: MS Information Technology for Management, UK (Merit) Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering (62.80%) HSC (12th) - 83.10% SSC (10th) - 75.60% Work Experience: 3 Yrs in Software Development Exp. 13 Months – Academic Research Assistant And since Jan2011, I am working as Sr. talent Acquisition Consultant for European Market. My current role is mix of primary research and ‘exclusive’ recruitment. GMAT: 640 (Taking again in Sept 2012) I haven’t published any paper but was awarded US Conference Scholarship (6-Day) based on my Master’s Thesis. Referees: 2 Professors and 1 Employer I need guidance on the following: Which are the best schools for PhD in Organizational Behavior/HR? (Worldwide) Is my experience suitable to get into Top 20’s? When should I contact prospective supervisors now? Please help me. Thanks and Regards, SR83