The End Game

.	Course A02: The End Game for doctoral degree candidates who are near completion A one-day intensive seminar at Reading University, United Kingdom, Monday, 18 November, 2002


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Faculty: This seminar has been developed by a team of academics which includes:

Dan Remenyi PhD
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Arthur Money PhD
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What this seminar is about
Some doctoral candidates in business and management studies are not sure of what it actually takes to be awarded a doctoral degree. They are degree candidates who have been getting on with the day-to-day work required for a doctorate, but they may not have had an adequate exposure to research methods or to the debate as to what really constitutes the requirement of a doctorate i.e. the discussion about what is actually an academic contribution to the body of knowledge. Sometimes this problem shows itself when candidates do not know if they have done enough work to submit their dissertation. The problem also shows itself when there is uncertainty about how to construct a convincing argument to support their thesis, either in writing or sometimes even during their viva.

Many of these problems can be overcome if a doctoral candidate has a set of guidelines whereby they can determine where they stand in the process of getting their doctorate and what areas of their dissertation need particular attention.

This one-day intensive seminar introduces doctoral candidates to all these challenging issues and gives them specific guidelines as to how to conclude their doctoral research. It will enable a doctoral candidate to perform both a holistic and a detailed assessment of his or her work and thereby understand what else needs to be done. This is achieved by a self-diagnostic tool, which is supplied to the course members, whereby they can pinpoint the areas of their strengths and weaknesses. The seminar will then identify to the doctoral candidates how to, having made this assessment, improve the dissertation so that its likelihood of success is substantially improved.

How the seminar works
This seminar is open only to doctoral degree candidates who have completed their full proposal or later stages of their studies. To attend this course degree candidates need to apply for a place. Once accepted for the programme the seminar member is required to complete a self-diagnostic tool and submit it to the seminar organisers at least two weeks before the event commences. This self-diagnostic tool becomes an integral part of the seminar and the doctoral candidate’s future work plan when he or she returns to their university or business school.

The day of the seminar consists of lectures, case studies and formal presentations by the seminar members or attendees.

What’s in it for the seminar member?
By the end of the day seminar members will have a much better understanding of the detail required to obtain their own doctorate. They will know where their work stands in terms of its potential to be awarded this degree. They will also have a clear idea of what additional work needs to be done by them to succeed in their endeavours.
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SEMINAR TOPICS AND ISSUES THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED

SESSION

	What are the essential requirements for a doctorate?
	Why is philosophy an issue in your doctorate?
	Research question and the methodology
	The theoretical underpinning
	The main research strategies
	The implications of these strategies
	How to choose an appropriate strategy for you

SESSION TWO

	Moving from a strategy to a tactics
	The role of Grounded Theory and when you need it
	What tactics are there available – from field studies to experiments to case studies to etc
	How to choose one for your particular purposes

SESSION THREE

	Doctoral research as a process
	Delivering guidelines to managers and business leaders as an end product of the research
	Designing your own particular research process
	Observation, literature (or literature, observation) theoretical conjecture, testing etc

SESSION FOUR

	The research protocol – the master plan
	How to create one
	Using the research protocol to help you mange your doctoral process

SESSION FIVE

	The evaluation of doctorates
	How your examiners will look at your work
	What you need to do and what you need to avoid

SESSION SIX

	Ethics
	How to ensure that no one can question the integrity of your research

SESSION SEVEN

	Theory building
	The importance of having a theoretic underpinning for your research
	Grand theory versus Grounded Theory
	Theory, models, paradigms etc
	Theory generation guidelines for doctoral research

SESSION EIGHT

Likely questions that will be raised by your examiners at your viva

The cost of the seminar is £295 plus VAT @ 17.5% = £346.63 . This includes course workbook, lunch and refreshments.

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For further details please contact Dr Dan Remenyi at dan.remenyi@tcd.ie

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Course A02:
The End Game

for doctoral degree candidates who are near completion
A one-day intensive seminar at Reading University, United Kingdom,
Monday, 18 November, 2002

Course A02: The End Game

for doctoral degree candidates who are near completion A one-day intensive seminar at Reading University, United Kingdom, Monday, 18 November, 2002

Course A02:
The End Game

for doctoral degree candidates who are near completion
A one-day intensive seminar at Reading University, United Kingdom,
Monday, 18 November, 2002