Marshall Goldsmith School of Management

The Marshall Goldsmith School of Management (MGSM) is a different kind of management school. It combines multidisciplinary approaches with experiential learning to help students gain the skills needed to help organizations identify and resolve modern problems. MGSM combines the richness and diversity of three major fields of study - Organizational Psychology, Business and Management, and International Studies – to prepare its graduates for professional and career success.

As you would expect from a School named for one of the worlds top Executive Coaches, we have an emphasis on people and the human side of organization. Our Organizational Psychology and Organizational Development degree programs will prepare you to apply the “soft skills” from team building to conflict resolution to assessment, using the latest analytical techniques. You will have opportunities for fieldwork, research projects and work in one of our consulting centers.

Since we believe it is so important to teach management in a broad economic and social context, we have broadened our mission. At MGSM we offer several variations on traditional undergraduate and graduate business programs. In these programs, we are moving business education from a focus on wealth-creation toward an emphasis on solving global programs. We encourage students to explore ideas across boundaries - international, disciplinary, and even mindsets – and to collaborate in applying what they have learned in real-world projects.

We have a rich international tradition with students from over 100 countries studying with us in MGSM and its predecessor, US International University. You will be studying with students from diverse backgrounds and nationalities, and this adds value to our School and to your education in many ways.

Our students benefit from close interaction with a faculty characterized by professional and business experience as well as academic credentials. They participate in classes that emphasize an applied approach to professional preparation. Our students are routinely favored in hiring because they are better prepared for jobs after they go through our programs.

Check out some of our innovative degree options, shown in the following pages:

• Top rated masters and doctoral programs in Consulting Psychology
• Our Bright Green MBA with sustainability built into every course
• An undergraduate marketing communications program with a social media emphasis
• Learn about Nongovernmental Organizations with the new emphasis in our IR programs
• Our Leadership Ph D is a multidisciplinary program combining elements of business, international and organization studies
• One of only two doctoral programs in the country in Organizational Development
• Dual degree programs permit qualified students to obtain joint degrees concurrently, such as combining I-O Psychology with a Master of Business Administration.

Choose a format that suits you – from traditional day and afternoon classes in our classic I-O psychology degrees, to evening courses for our undergraduate and graduate business programs. We offer weekend courses with “blended” learning communities in our Bright Green MBA and Leadership Ph.D. degrees. MGSM students can also gain credits and experience in study tours and programs offered in our Mexico City campus.

Founding Dean
James A. Goodrich, PhD
Phone: (858) 635-4495
Fax: (858) 635-4455
Email: jgoodrich@alliant.edu