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THE HITCHHIKER GUIDE TO A PHD THESIS
Prof. B. Gailly
European Summer University
Benevento, September 12, 2009
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The wrong person at the wrong place
PhD as a project
PhD as a communication
PhD as a personal journey
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The wrong person at the wrong place
PhD as a project
PhD as a communication
PhD as a personal journey
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EFFECTIVE PROJECT TEAMS
Source : Fernez-Walch S. et Romon F. (2006) “Les formes d’organisation pour Innover” in Management de l’innovation: de la stratégie aux projets. Vuibert Gestion, pp. 136-153Tidd J., Bessant D. and Pavitt K. (2001) “Effective team working” in Managing Innovation (2d ed.), Wiley, p 334.
• Speed to market
• Complexity of tasks
• Multi-functional aspects
Dedicated teams
• Effective project leader and sponsors (“godfathers”)
• Clearly predefined lifespan and deliverables (tasks and objectives)
• Core and associated members with clear roles associated with individual behavioural style
• Dedicated resources and coordination; effective conflict resolution mechanisms
• External partners
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AGREEING ON DELIVERABLES
Final (thesis)
Introduction (scope, motivation) Literature review and theoretical framework Hypotheses and Methodology Data analysis Results Discussion Conclusions (contribution, limitations and next steps)
Intermediary
Research projectIMRJ publication + WP1ESU presentationDatabaseWP2ESU presentation 2ASQ publication
Approved by PhD committee :
ILLUSTRATIVE
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. Goethe
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DEVELOPING A WORKPLANScripta Manent
Deliverable
Research projectIMRJ publication + WP1ESU presentation 1DatabaseWP2ESU presentation 2ASQ publicationFinal text
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ILLUSTRATIVE
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WHY WE GET THINGS WRONG
Source : Horn J.T. et al. (2006) “Learning to let go: making better exit decisions” McK Quarterly 2006, n°2
Confirmation bias (you hear only what comforts you)
Sunk cost fallacy (factoring unrecoverable costs)
Escalation of commitment (boiling frog)
Anchoring (inability to question initial estimate)
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THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS
“If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably never get there”
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The wrong person at the wrong place
PhD as a project
PhD as a communication
PhD as a personal journey
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DEFINING YOUR KEY MESSAGES
I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter.
B. Pascal, 1656
The elev
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pitchThe average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
J. Frank Dobie
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…. yet scientific conferences, workshops and seminars remain full of presentations which do not follow those recommendations
Most recommendations about how to make a professional presentation are common sense and straightforward….
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DEFINING YOUR OBJECTIVES Business Plan example
1. Excite
2. Convince
3. Validate
Business Angel
Venture capitalist
Banker
Management committee
Do you want to engage? Convince? Inform? Entertain?
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The wrong person at the wrong place
PhD as a project
PhD as a communication
PhD as a personal journey
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Norma Teeve Hugh Tilitarian
• Has a degree in comparative organisational literature – knows what “hermeneutic of continuity” means
• Believes the world would be better if people would communicate more and have more time
• Wants her PhD thesis to save the planet
• Initial subject : corporate entrepreneurship through responsible sustainable fair politically correct strategies.
• Time horizon : unknown
• Supervisor : maybe Prof. Zapp, who is on sabbatical
• Does not know what she will do after (but does not want to travel too far from her boyfriend and her English is not too good)
• Has a degree in applied managerial econometrics – thinks hermeneutic is a washing machine brand
• Believes the world would be better if only Universities were a bit more professional
• Wants his PhD to help him get a good job
• Initial subject : the impact of patenting rates to IPO over-evaluation through stochastic structural modelling.
• Time horizon : three years
• Supervisor: the one with the best record at supervising quick PhD theses
• Has already identified the three best places to do a post-doc, checked the admission criteria and met the key faculty
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The wrong person at the wrong place
PhD as a project
PhD as a communication
PhD as a personal journey
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QUESTIONS ?
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THE HITCHHIKER GUIDE TO A PHD THESIS
Prof. B. GaillyLouvain School of Management (UCL)
European Summer University
Benevento, September 12, 2009