Affinity Group Mission and Primary Goals and Objectives: The mission of DocNet is to facilitate quality improvement and marketing in doctoral education in business.

Its primary goals and objectives are to:

§         Facilitate networking and sharing of best practices among doctoral program administrative directors and faculty coordinators.

§         Increase awareness about doctoral education issues among business school leaders.

§         Promote innovation and quality improvement in business and management doctoral education.

§         Assist members in achieving admissions objectives.

To achieve these goals and objectives, DocNet will:

§         Facilitate collaboration among members and work with other organizations to promote doctoral education and academic careers in business.

§        Organize meetings to share best practices and facilitate networking. (Note: DocNet also may affiliate with other organizations, such as GMAC, and the requirement to meet at one or more AACSB-sponsored events annually is waived, as AACSB does not currently sponsor a doctoral programs conference.)

§         Organize, promote, and implement joint recruitment events, often in conjunction with other events such as the Ph.D. Project conference and GMAC Industry Conference.

§         Conduct periodic surveys for benchmarking and study trends.

Membership Criteria: Any institutional member of AACSB International that offers doctoral degree programs in business and management may have up to two representatives in DocNet. Organizational members are encouraged to have representatives representing both staff and faculty.