Application information

Deadline for applications is 5th September 2008. Contact Sue Nugus to apply.

The End Game
GETTING THE DOCTORATE FINISHED
For doctoral degree candidates and their supervisors

A half day workshop preceding the 2^nd European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME 2008)

Presented by
Dr Dan Remenyi
Wednesday 10 September 2008, 1430-1730
Royal Holloway, University of 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 Wednesday 10 September 2008, is free of charge to anyone registered for the European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation and to members of staff and students from Royal Holloway. 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

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.

Last updated 21 May 2008