Course description
Suitable for highly motivated, high-calibre candidates who have several years’ work experience and are seeking a career in academia or a portfolio career that includes an academic strand. Candidates who are committed to working entirely in industry are advised to explore the Executive Doctorate option.
Takes you on to management teaching or research, in the UK or overseas, and provides considerable scope for someone wishing to move from industry to academia.
You will be taught by a member of faculty whose expertise lies within your chosen research area.
Course description
The foundation of the PhD programme is our renowned research methodology course. Undertaken by all full-time and part-time research students in their first year of study, the course provides a thorough grounding in qualitative and quantitative approaches to researching management and organisational topics.
In their first year, full-time students complete an MRes degree course, comprising the research methodology course and four further, assessed, modules:
* Essential Organisational Theory
* Quantitative Methods
* Learning and Teaching
* A thesis based on Systematic Review.
A key tool for management researchers in producing a comprehensive and scholarly literature review, Systematic Review has been successfully transferred to the management field through the pioneering work of faculty within the School.
Part-time students complete one module of the MRes – the Research Methodology Course – and are required to attend on Mondays during the first year of study.
After the first year, students continue to work closely with their supervisor in developing their research topic through a structured programme of panel reviews.
All PhD students must complete a thesis that demonstrates an original contribution to knowledge. Examination is based on the submitted thesis and its defence at a viva voce.
Applicants should position their research topic within the School’s core research areas.
