UK : PhD at Nottingham Business School

Nottingham Business School
Nottingham Business School has seen a rapid expansion of research activity in recent years, and aims to maintain that progress. Our research strategy places a particular focus on application. This is reflected in being designated as a Centre of Research Excellence by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. We are also one of only four Business Schools in the country to have its professional doctorate (DBA) programme recognised by the ESRC.

Vice Chancellor’s PhD Bursaries, 2009
We are looking for keen and able candidates to apply for studentships to undertake doctoral study in one or more of the priority topics outlined below. The studentships will pay UK /EU fees, and provide a maintenance stipend of £13,290 for up to three years.

The University’s Graduate School is recognised by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) for research training in Business & Management, Social Policy (including Public Policy, Applied Sociology, Criminology, Social Work Research, and Public Health), Politics and Psychology. It is also certified to be compliant with Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) training guidelines in Law.

Research is undertaken across a range of disciplines. We would welcome applications from students in most areas of business or economics, but in particular the areas below where specialist supervision may be available:

Applied Economics & Policy :
o Economics of professional team sports;
o Employment and migration in the UK and China;
o Exchange rates and convergence; and
o Economics of development and poverty.

Employment & Work :
o Human Resource Management;
o International Human Resource Management;
o Employee relations;
o Human resources development;
o Work-life balance;
o Management ethics;
o Organisational behaviour;
o Organisational language.

Learning & Knowledge Management :
o Managerial use of information and information literacy in organisations;
o Business analytics and organisational culture;
o Critical realist approaches to ICT in organisations.

Technology Management, Entrepreneurship & Innovation :
o Innovation, innovation management and technology management;
o Small firms, collaborative activity and the local economy.

Marketing and Consumer Services :
o Retail management and marketing;
o Fashion marketing;o Supply Chain Management;
o Tourism and tourist impacts;
o Hospitality management and leisure retailing;
o Ethics in retailing and marketing;
o Relationship marketing;
o Services marketing;
o Lean organisations.

Public Sector Management :
o Regeneration; Partnerships and network governance;
o Stakeholder engagement;
o Leadership;
o Performance management;
o Commissioning and the third sector.

If you are interested in applying, please feel free to make an initial enquiry so that we may try to identify a potential supervisor to advise you and assist you in developing your research proposal. For an informal discussion about your ideas prior to making a formal application, please contact Professor Paul Whysall, paul.whysall@ntu.ac.uk

You can visit our website for information on research groups and staff research interests:www.ntu.ac.uk/nbs/research

For an application pack please contact:Email: gsr@ntu.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)115 848 8124
The closing date for applications is Monday 16 February 2009.