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Deadline for applications is 17th June 2008.
Contact Sue
Nugus to apply
See the
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The End Game
GETTING THE
DOCTORATE FINISHED
For doctoral degree candidates and their supervisors
A half day workshop preceding the 7th European Conference on
Research Methods in Business and Management (ECRM 2008)
Presented by
Dr
Dan Remenyi
Wednesday 18 June 2008, 1430-1730
Regents College, London,
UK
Some doctoral degree
candidates in business and management studies find it difficult to know when they
have finished. There is a tendency to allow doctoral degrees to drag on and
for degree candidates and their supervisors to be uncertain about when the
work is good enough to submit. There is also debate about how the
dissertation should be presented and what constitutes a contribution to the
body of knowledge. In addition there can be a high degree of anxiety about
the nature of the viva as well as how to cope with making the changes
recommended in the examination report.
This half day workshop
provides a detailed checklist so that degree candidates can check with
themselves that they have done all the necessary work and are ready to submit
for the examination. Topics to be covered include:
·
The essential
chapters - the layout of the dissertation
·
What constitutes
a contribution – presenting the findings
·
What makes the
dissertation scholarly – the rhetoric or argument
·
A
comprehensive and contemporary reference list
·
Preparing for
the viva
·
Making changes
– responding to the examination report
Who should attend?
This workshop is aimed at
doctoral degree candidates. Most value will probably be derived by candidates
who are close to finishing. It will also be of interest to supervisors who
are new to the processes involved in helping doctoral degree candidates
complete their research.
How to Apply
This workshop, which will
run from 1430-1730 on Thursday 18 June 2008, is free of charge to anyone
registered for the European Conference on Research Methods (see http://academic-conferences.org/ecrm/ecrm2008/ecrm08-home.htm
) and to members of staff and students from Regents College.
The cost for anyone else wishing to attend this event is £100 plus VAT.
To apply for a place please email Sue Nugus at sue@academic-conferences.org
Workshop Facilitator
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Dr Dan Remenyi is a Visiting Professor in Information Systems
Management at the School of Systems and Data Studies, Trinity College
Dublin; an Honorary Professor at Winchester University and a Visiting
Academic at Henley Management College in the UK. His original academic
interests are in the field of information systems management, where he has
researched and been published widely. In recent years he has taken a strong
interest in research methodology and the sociology of research. He now
works extensively with research candidates and their supervisors at both
doctoral and masters level. He conducts a number of seminars on topics
related to improving effective academic research and obtaining better
results. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 books and some 50 academically
refereed papers. He is published in all 4 of the ‘A’ rated
Journals in the UK
in Information Systems Management. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of
Acta Commercii (a general management journal) and the Journal of
Information Technology. He is Editor of the Electronic Journal of
Information Systems Evaluation and advisor to a number of other electronic
journals.
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