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2009 IACMR Dissertation Proposal
Development Workshop ˇ@ Download the PDF version of the call here ˇ@ Introduction You are cordially invited to apply for the Dissertation Proposal Development Workshop to be held from July 11-14, 2009, at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu, China. The purposes of the workshop are to provide instructions on developing and managing a dissertation that will make a meaningful contribution to knowledge and practice, to introduce the major research methods involved in designing a high quality dissertation, and to build relationships with world-class management scholars (see the Faculty Advisor List at the end of this document). The 4-day program will consist of lectures and intensive discussion sessions for developing your dissertation proposals. The workshopˇ¦s ultimate goal is to help develop dissertations that will be publishable in international (English) academic journals. The instructional language for the workshop is English. ˇ@ Qualification Requirement
To qualify for participation in this
workshop, you must meet the following criteria: ˇ@ Workshop Arrangements Students/faculty with similar research interests will be put into the same discussion group. During the intensive discussion sessions, each group will be led by a faculty advisor who will help to provide developmental feedback on the research proposals. Workshop participants will benefit from in-depth feedback and discussions of their proposal drafts with the faculty advisors guiding the sessions and the other participants working in similar research areas. The discussions will focus on constructive comments and recommendations for improving proposals to a quality level that warrants future publications in high caliber journals. ˇ@ Application Procedures
The entire application should have the
following components: ˇ@
Put this 3-page file in an MS 2003 WORD
(2007 WORD or PDF are NOT acceptable) and submit it electronically
to the workshop website on www.iacmr.org. The workshop website will
be open by December 15, 2008. ˇ@ Sponsors and Fees This workshop is generously sponsored by the IACMR, UESTC, Nanjing University, Southwest Jiaotong University, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Sichuan University, and the National Science Foundation of China. The workshop registration fees will be RMB500/student and RMB1000/faculty to cover the costs of books and other workshop materials. ˇ@ Faculty Advisors (in alphabetical order)
1. Xiao-Ping Chen, University of
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