MPhil/PhD MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Entry Requirements
MPhil Candidates require at least an Upper Second Class Honours degree with a strong background in any Management Studies area.

Availability of Expertise and Resources
Admission is contingent upon candidates having a thesis proposal compatible with the expertise and resources available in the Department of Management Studies.

Programme Structure/Course of study
Students in the MPhil and PhD degree programme are required to successfully:

1. Complete a minimum of six (6) credits of coursework for MPhil/nine (9) credits of coursework for PhD,
2. Present seminars (2 for MPhil/3 for PhD), and
3. Submit a thesis.

Courses
Students in the MPhil and PhD degree programme should discuss with their supervisor suitable courses which would satisfy the credit requirements. Courses should be completed in the first year.

Compulsory Seminar Presentations
For each seminar, candidates are required to write and present a paper to be photocopied and distributed before hand on a topic arising out of their research as well as to field questions put to them afterwards. Seminars should be completed within the first year of the programme.

Thesis Proposal
Candidates are required to present and defend a Thesis Proposal of acceptable scope and quality for the degree. The Thesis must follow the guidelines set out in the documentation provided by the School for Graduate Studies and Research. Candidates should also determine whether the materials for the thesis, or a substantial part thereof, are available either in the Main Library here at Cave Hill or elsewhere locally or regionally. The candidate should also determine whether it may be necessary to travel abroad in pursuit of these objectives and how the necessary financial support to accomplish this might be obtained.

The Proposal, a minimum of five pages (double-spaced, excluding bibliography) should include the following information:

• The working title of the thesis which may be subject to further revision or exact specification as your research proceeds. However, even at this stage, the goal should be to describe your project as clearly and as accurately as possible.

• A definition of the subject agreed upon by both the candidate and the potential Supervisor. This should include a statement of the specific issue or ‘thesis’ to be investigated.

• An account of the existing state of scholarship on the subject, a justification of the undertaking of such a project, as well as an indication of its potential contribution to knowledge in this area.

• A tentative list of the divisions, phases or chapters into which the thesis will fall so far as the candidate can see them at this stage of his/her work.

• A selective bibliography which should follow the guidelines prescribed by the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. The bibliography should adumbrate the primary sources (authors, texts, editions etc) and the chief secondary sources which bear most closely upon the subject.

The Proposal should be formally sent to the Department’s Coordinator of Graduate Studies for review. Candidates will be informed in due course of the date of their defense after which candidates will be informed whether the Proposal has been accepted as is.


Award of the Degree
The successful completion of the compulsory coursework, Seminar presentations and the Thesis will lead to the award of the Degree.


LIST OF COURSES
Compulsory for all students depending on their programme

• GRSM 7001 MPhil Research Seminar 1
• GRSM 7002 MPhil Research Seminar 2
• MGMT 7000 MPhil Management Studies Thesis

• GRSM 8001 PhD Research Seminar 1
• GRSM 8002 PhD Research Seminar 2
• GRSM 8003 PhD Research Seminar 3
• MGMT 8000 PhD Management Studies Thesis