Doctor of Philosophy - Management Studies (Integrated)

Doctor of Philosophy - Management Studies (Integrated), provides a route to doctoral study if students do not have a Masters degree, or have little to no research training. It enables students to spend their first year completing a full-time Masters-level qualification, which will equip students with the business knowledge and research skills needed to begin doctorate study the following year. Students will then be studied full time, over the next three years. Students can choose to follow a traditional thesis approach, where students write a dissertation, or follow a 'three paper' thesis, where students produce three research articles, framed by an introduction and conclusion. Student supervisors support students to submit these papers to conferences and for publication in international journals, so students can begin to build their research portfolio well before graduation. Doctorate gives students the opportunity to interrogate issues surrounding the contemporary workplace and how these relate to wider society on a local and global level. This programme attracts students from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities, with wide ranging social science research interests. Students can tailor students' studies to a profession or sector of students choice and may choose to explore issues such as: • marketing and brand management • strategic management, including mergers and acquisitions • the role of networks in the modern economy • organisational power relations and leadership • logistics and supply chains