جامعة University of Huddersfield تعلن عن أربع منح دكتوراه في مجالات مختلفة..
(كلية الإدارة في جامعة هدرزفيلد)
University of huddersfield
تعلن عن أربع منح دكتوراه في مجالات مختلفة في الإدارة والأعمال
(السياحة والفندقة، المشروعات الريفية، لوجستيات
سلاسل الإمداد، التشريع المالي).
آخر موعد لتقديم الطلبات هو 30/4/216
Qualification type: PhD.
Funding for: Home/UK, EU and International Students
Location: Huddersfield.
Funding amount: Full tuition fee plus a £14,400 bursary per annum (£1,200 per month).
Hours: Full-time.
Closing date: Friday, 30 April 2016.
Start date: Latest by September 2016.
Following our strong performance in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), the university of huddersfield Business School is seeking to invest in four outstanding new PhD candidates in the area of business and management. The four successful applicants will work with excellent teams on the following four specific projects.
1. Tourism impacts in small Islands: Understanding tourism culture, industry sustainability destination management and marketing to be led by Dr Brendan Canavan and Professor Len-Tiu Wright.
Dr Brendan Canavan: b.canavan@hud.ac.uk, [COLOR=#00AFFD !important]
+44 1484 47 1381Small islands and similar peripheral areas face many challenges to their continued habitation. Tourism development may bring much needed social, economic and environmental diversity. This can help to make communities viable long-term and avoid common threats of depopulation and abandonment. Yet tourism development is also associated with many limitations and negative impacts. The sector may do little to improve habitability at the same time as it can denude landscapes leaving attractive to neither host nor guest. Understanding, defining and making recommendations for sustainability of tourism development in the peripheral area setting is therefore a task with added nuance and complexity. Research therein is essential to sensitive and successful local destination management and marketing. Novel cases will extend the well-established but frequently conflicting sustainable tourism literature. And under-applied concepts of tourism culture could be used to develop a holistic overview currently lacking.[/COLOR]
2. Exploring rural enterprise in the United Kingdom: In search of conceptualisation and classification to be led by Dr Alex Kevill andProfessor Gerard McElwee.
Dr Alex Kevill: a.kevill@hud.ac.uk, [COLOR=#00AFFD !important]
+44 1484 47 2322This proposal seeks to address the 'under-socialization' of rural enterprise by developing a conceptual framework of rural enterprises and enterprise in rural economies. The key argument underpinning the proposal is that rural enterprises are variable, rather than uniform, and so should be seen and represented as a heterogeneous and multi-faceted phenomenon. Indeed the notion that such an identity as a rural business exists may need to be challenged. Arguably, the only way to satisfactorily differentiate between an 'urban' and a 'rural' business is to consider the drivers and barriers to firm start-up, growth and decline. The concept of dynamic capabilities, which focuses on a business’ ability to change, could therefore be critical to rural businesses. Understanding dynamic capabilities in rural businesses may provide important insights into what differentiates ‘rural’ businesses from ‘urban’ businesses. [/COLOR]
This research will be informed by a multi-methodological approach of rural enterprises in three geographical regions of the United Kingdom.
The research will define what constitutes a rural business. Through the lens of dynamic capabilities, the research explores the structures and processes which act as drivers and barriers impacting upon the development of rural enterprises. A conceptual framework will be provided. Policy recommendations will also be considered.
3. Integrating sustainability into the logistics network design to be led by Dr Sahar Validi and Professor Samir Dani.
Dr Sahar Validi: s.validi@hud.ac.uk, [COLOR=#00AFFD !important]
+44 1484 47 2593Decision-making models that attempt to integrate different functionalities of the supply chain are considered as supply chain decision models. These models deal with the multi-functional problems of location-routing, production-distribution, location-inventory, inventory control-transportation, and supplier selection-inventory control. Sustainable development in logistics has become one of the most important socio- economic issues in recent years. Logistics network design decisions are considered to be one of the major concerns in supply chains with substantial implications for low-carbon issues. Traditional supply chain modelling predominantly tends to focus on cost and does not consider the environmental impacts of logistics networks. This project will investigate the functional supply chain models and extend the modelling paradigm to integrate sustainability within the decision process.
Based on the supply chain decision model, the new sustainable model(s) will be developed for a case company.
This research project will provide a valuable academic contribution in the field of supply chain decision making and modelling with a focus on sustainability. It will develop a tailored optimisation methodology with applications within industry.[/COLOR]
4. Mediation and refraction in the implementation of financial regulation: A study of the compliance function in financial organisations through the accounts of compliance officers to be led by Dr Yvonne Downs and Professor Chris Cowton.
Dr Yvonne Downs: y.downs@hud.ac.uk, [COLOR=#00AFFD !important]
+44 1484 47 2665The dismay of politicians and public at the conduct of the banking sector reflects, among other things, a failure of seemingly ever increasing regulation. This research seeks to understand the disconnect between the amount of regulation and its impact by attending to its implementation. More specifically it focuses on compliance officers because they are responsible for ensuring regulation is implemented. Finance related research is often neglectful of people. It fails to properly account for their complexity, considering instead how they measure up against pre-determined standards, or how they fit into particular theoretical models. This research will remedy this omission. It will recognise that compliance officers must, on a daily basis no less, reconcile the commercial exigencies of the organisation with the overarching demands of the regulator, all the while remaining mindful of their personal (and familial) mandates and negotiating a coherent sense of who they are. This will be achieved through use of a life history approach, an innovative methodology that accounts for the interplay between biography and context. The research will show how the power of the regulator is mediated by compliance officers, and how the force of regulation is refracted as it collides with their efforts to satisfy the conflicting pressures under which they labour. The project therefore has real world relevance and will seek to build on an existing relationship between the second supervisor and the Banking Standards Board in order to facilitate the potential for its impact on the work of the latter.[/COLOR]
Eligibility
The scholarships are open to all Home/UK, EU and International PhD students, who intend to begin their PhD studies for the 2016/2017 academic year.
Scholarship package
Each scholarship consists of a full tuition at the Home/UK, EU or International student fee rate and a bursary of £14,400 per annum (£1,200 per month) for a maximum of 3 years (36 months), which is subject to satisfactory annual performance and progression review.
Requirements
Academic excellence
- A first class or equivalent bachelor’s degree in any area of business and management (accounting and finance, economics, entrepreneurship, logistics, operations research, operations and hospitality management, human resource management, management science, people, management, organisations, marketing, tourism and related areas), education, computing and engineering, geography, mathematics, political science, psychology, social sciences and sociology.
- A master’s degree with distinction or equivalent in similar or related areas to the above
- Outstanding analytical, academic writing and English Language skills (at least, an overall academic IELTS test score of 7.5 with no score below 7.0 or equivalent for international or non-native users of English Language)
- An exceptional knowledge of business and management, especially either in the areas of finance and financial services industry, marketing and tourism, sustainability, logistics and supply chains or entrepreneurship and rural enterprises.
- Outstanding quantitative or qualitative data collection and analysis skills, including first class computer skills, knowledge and experience in the use of Microsoft Office and/or other qualitative or statistical packages, such as NVivo, SPSS, STATA, and EVIEWS.
- An outstanding research proposal that fits well with the research interests of at least one of these four projects (see hyperlink to projects).
- A proven ability to work both in a team and independently with minimum supervision.
- Ability and readiness to provide high quality teaching of up to 6 hours per week within the Business School.
- Be able to commence their studies latest by September 2016.
- Complete an exceptional research proposal (maximum of 2,500 words, excluding references and any appendices), covering the following sections: (i) project title; (ii) abstract; (iii) project introduction, motivation and problem statement; (iv) project background or context; (v) project theoretical framework; (vi) project empirical literature review and propositions or hypotheses; (vi) project research design or data and research methodology; (vii) project references; and (vii) a 3-year time-table or plan to completion. The proposal must be in the area of one of these four projects (see hyperlink to projects with the contact details – e-mail/telephone, of project team). All applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the appropriate project team leaders for any questions or clarifications that they may have about the projects before submitting their applications.
- Scholarship application form
- Two good academic references
- A current detailed CV, identifying any research employment or experience and, where applicable, details of research conference presentations or publications.
- Transcripts and certificates (copies) of all relevant academic and/or any professional qualifications, including English Language qualifications (e.g., IELTS test score for international or non-native users of English Language applicants).
The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is Friday 30 April 2016 (23.59, BST).
http://www.hud.ac.uk/researchdegrees...ss-management/
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