16th International EurOMA Conference 2009

Doctoral seminar

Location and dates

The 8th EurOMA Doctoral Seminar will take place at Chalmers University of Technology, Dept of Technology Management and Economics, Göteborg, Sweden, on 12-13 June 2009, the Friday and Saturday before the EurOMA conference.

Venue address: Vera Sandbergs Allé 8, Göteborg,. Sweden

Rooms: Vasa C (planary), Vasa 3-5 (groups)

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Objective

The EurOMA Doctoral Seminar provides PhD students with a forum for presenting and discussing their research and an opportunity to get feedback from and exchange comments and views with fellow PhD students and experienced researchers in the field. The Doctoral Seminar is held once a year, just prior to the EurOMA annual conference.

Structure

The Doctoral Seminar consists of two 'classes' or years.

In the first year, participants are invited to present their research design and preliminary results. This class is meant for students who are in the first year or early in the second year of their studies.

Students who took part in the first class will be invited to join the second class, one year after. In that seminar, the discussion will focus on results and preliminary conclusions (contribution to theory, methodology and/or practice of Operations Management).

Students are strongly recommended to attend the EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Research Methodology in Operations Management (see below) before entering the EurOMA series of Doctoral Seminars.

Certificate and credits

Upon successful completion of the Doctoral Seminar, first year's participants receive a certificate titled 'Research Design in Operations Management'. Second year's participants are awarded a certificate titled 'Research Results in Operations Management'. The doctoral Seminar counts for 3 ECTS.

Work mode: presentation, discussion and reflection

First year's participants to the EurOMA Doctoral Seminar must provide a written project description as part of their application for the Doctoral Seminar. Second year's participants must submit a working paper covering their initial findings and conclusions.

All participants are expected to present, discuss and reflect on their work to and with fellow-students and faculty.

Fee

The fee for the Doctoral Seminar is SEK 4950 (approx. EUR 500) for members of EurOMA and SEK 5940 (approx. EUR 600) for non-members. This fee includes:

a) Participation in the Doctoral Seminar, the seminar dinner (Friday evening), lunches, coffee and refreshments.

b) Participation in the EurOMA conference, 14-16 June 2009, including proceedings, lunches, refreshments, welcome reception and conference dinner.

Application

To apply for participation in the Doctoral Seminar, first year's applicants must submit a short project description (5 pages) with name, project title, affiliation, and a recommendation from their supervisor. These two documents must be sent to Professor Harry Boer no later than Friday 16 January 2009 by e-mail at hboer@production.aau.dk.

The only thing the second year's participants have to do at that stage is send an e-mail to hboer@production.aau.dk confirming their participation.

Notification and preparation

First year's applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection of their proposal by Friday 13 February 2009. Successful applicants will then be asked to prepare and submit no later than Friday 15 May 2009 a full paper (max. 25 pages) describing their research design (first year's group).

The second year's participants deliver a working paper (max. 25 pages) covering the preliminary results and conclusions of their research no later than Friday 15 May 2009.

Faculty

There will be six highly reputed faculty members involved in the Doctoral Seminar, guiding the seminar:

Harry Boer

Bjoerge Laugen

Ken Platts

Rui Sousa

Taco van der Vaart

Pär Åhlström

Other EurOMA-related teaching activities

Students are strongly recommended to attend the EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Research Methodology in Operations Management before entering the EurOMA series of Doctoral Seminars. This seminar is organised by EIASM in close collaboration with EurOMA.

Further information and announcements of seminar can be found at the EIASM website.

In addition, EurOMA is in the process of developing a range of in-depth seminars, focusing on topics such as for example case study research, service management, survey research, and operations strategy