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The mission of the Graduate Research Centre is:
To support the development of professional management in Northern
Ireland and beyond through the provision of doctoral research programmes
funded both by the Northern Irish Government and externally.
The Graduate
Research Centre offers opportunities for doctoral study on both
a full and part time basis. Studying for a PhD offers students the
opportunity to research in depth a range of business and management
topics at an advanced level. Completion of a doctorate typically
takes from three to four years on a full time basis and up to six
years on a part time basis. Both the full time and part time PhD
programmes offered by the Graduate Research Centre of the Ulster
Business School gained +3 recognition from the Economic and Social
Research Council in 2007. The ESRC is the UK's leading research
funding and training agency in the area of the social sciences.
It is concerned with ensuring high quality research output on issues
of importance to business, the public sector and government. ESRC
recognition means that the agency recognises not only the high quality
of the Graduate Research Centre’s PhD programmes but also
that the support and training offered to research students by the
Centre and the University is highly effective. This recognition
shows that our facilities, procedures and practices for research
students are up to the high standards that they expect.
Over 50 full time and part time research students, spread across
three campuses – Magee, Coleraine and Jordanstown are currently
registered for PhD programmes in the Centre. Areas of research for
which the Centre can offer supervision include issues in performance
measurement, knowledge management, innovation and new product development,
supply chain management and outsourcing, managerial learning and
development, human resource development and change management, computer
mediated communication, the intranet in the organization, issues
in corporate finance, public procurement and value, internet banking
international retailing, SME internationalization, e-business and
e-commerce, and consumer behaviour and advertising. This is by no
means an exhaustive list and any proposal by a prospective student
will be given due consideration by the appropriate member of academic
staff.
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