PhD scholarships available with my colleague/co-author Prof. Jan Recker. Contact details are below.
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PhD scholarship available at QUT’s Information Systems School
Applications are invited from suitable qualified
graduates for a PhD scholarship at the Information Systems School at Queensland
University of Technology as part of the “Woolworths
Chair of Retail Innovation” initiative.
The term of the scholarship is three years. The
scholarship provides financial support towards study and living costs.
Project Background
The PhD student will work in the Woolworths Chair for Retail
Innovation initiative at the Information Systems School at Queensland
University of Technology. The initiative’s objective is to conduct applied
research on innovations in business, processes and technology-based systems,
and the management of innovation processes in organisations. The domain of the
initiative is the retail sector, especially Supermarket operations. Topics will
address a variety of business, management, process, service and IT-components,
and thus require holistic and multi-disciplinary approaches to research.
The project is driven by a demand to deliver innovative
transformations to retail operations, processes and business models, with a
focus on customer-centric value provision. At the core of this demand are the
two foci of (a) exploring and exploiting innovation potential in the retail
sector, and (b) creating a culture of innovation within retail organisations.
The Research Environment
QUT’s
Information Systems School is currently the highest ranked IS research
department in Australia based on research quality and the only IS research
group that was ranked with a perfect '5-out-of-5' score in the 2010 Excellence
in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment. The school is also among the
highest ranked IS departments in terms of publications in the top IS journals
worldwide.
QUT’s
Information Systems School has a global reputation for its work on Business
Process Management and Process Innovation. The School has an unconditional
focus on rigorous research with demonstrated practical relevance. Research from
the school has appeared in premier journals such as the MIS Quarterly, the Journal of
the AIS, the European Journal of IS,
Decision Support Systems, Information Systems, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and
Methodology, and others.
To find out more, please visit http://www.qut.edu.au/science-engineering/about/about-the-faculty/school-of-information-systems.
Application Criteria
The successful applicant
- has a
Master's degree in management, information systems, finance, marketing,
business administration or a comparable field. He or she completed the Master’s
degree with a GPA of 6 or higher (or equivalent).
- has
the ambition and capabilities to complete a high-quality empirical PhD project
within 3 years.
-
has
a strong research mindset, and evidence of skills in theoretical and empirical research.
-
possesses
strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
-
ideally
has a background and interest in the retail sector.
-
speaks
and writes fluently in English.
- likes
to work in an international setting and in an applied research setting in close
interaction with a key industry partner.
Application Procedure
Applicants
are required to submit a letter of application for the scholarship to Jan
Recker (j.recker@qut.edu.au) by 15 June 2012, briefly describing
qualifications, relevant skills and areas of research interest.
Applicants
will be screened and, if suitable, invited for further assessment and
interviews.
The
following supporting documents are required:
- CV
including a comprehensive list and details of all publications if any.
- Certified
copies of academic transcripts.
- Copies
of most important research papers or theses
- A
letter stating comprehensively how the above criteria are met by the applicant
- 2
letters of reference from academics who have taught/supervised the applicant at
university.
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