PhD Program Department of Business Administration

PhD Program Department of Business Administration

Title of the Program

PhD (Management Sciences)

Introduction

To cater to the increasing need for qualified and research- oriented teachers and competitive business manager, SMIU offers a well-rounded and thorough PhD program. The program is suited to lecturers and professionals who want to enhance their knowledge and career prospects by gaining contemporary business knowledge. Research scholars benefit immensely by identifying important problems of the business world and evaluate it with different perspectives to generate and disseminate their valuable findings with the community. Our program is designed to stimulate the intellectual ideas and help conduct research that is meaningful and inspirational.

Objectives

To develop Mastery of broad based knowledge in management sciences and specific knowledge relevant to their own research interests i.e., field of specialization.

To develop Mastery of research methodology and advanced statistics, including quantitative and qualitative methods.

To demonstrate ability to make original and significant contributions to the scientific knowledge base in their area of specialization.

To demonstrate ability to engage in a productive research career, including publications, Grant writings and conference presentations.

To demonstrate ability to teach and provide valuable educational and professional experience to students in academic settings.

To excel in a variety of institutional settings, including universities, industry and government research labs, and think tanks.

Scope

The doctoral program in Management Science is designed for people who plan to pursue an academic or research- based career in Management Science This program has been intended to ensure the doctoral students have the full range of necessary research and academic competencies, skills and sufficient knowledge of their subject area essential for designing and executing research at the highest standards of academic excellence. It aims to do this by combining structured course work with supervised research study.

The SMIU aims to provide a PhD program, which is both educationally sound and directly relevant to those areas of industry, commerce, public service, which Management Sciences graduates tend to enter. In developing the program, university has recognized that students may want to improve their job opportunities in academia or consultancy, change career direction or seek a fresh intellectual stimulus.

This program will help the public and private sector teachers, researchers and executives to improve their academic qualification, research capacity, and practical application. The doctoral degree will be offered in three major disciplines (Finance, Marketing, and Human Resource).

PhD in Management Science

CURRICULUM STRUCTURE
Duration	3-Years
Semesters	06
Courses work	06 (18 Credit Hours)
Dissertation	Rest of the time will spend on research work (36 Credit Hours)

Deficiency Courses
S. NO.	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE Credit Hours
1	MGT 801	Qualitative Research Methods	03
2	MGT 802	Advance Research Methods Techniques	03
3	MGT 803	Seminar in Research	03
4	MGT 831	Independent Study	06
FIRSTSEMESTER
S. NO.	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE Credit Hours
1	MGT 804	Advanced Qualitative Research Methods	03
2	MGT 805	Advanced Quantitative Research Methods	03
3	MGT 806	Academic Writing Skills	03
Second Semester
S. NO.	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE Credit Hours
1	MGT 811	Elective-I (Theories of Management Sciences)	03
2	MGT 812	Elective -II	03
3	MGT 833	Independent Study	03
Third Semester
S. NO.	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE Credit Hours
1	MGT 851	Dissertation	09

Fourth Semester
S. NO.	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE Credit Hours
1	MGT 851	Dissertation	09
Fifth Semester
S. NO.	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE Credit Hours
1	MGT 851	Dissertation	09

Sixth Semester
S. NO.	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE Credit Hours
1	MGT 851	Dissertation	09
PhD Electives
S. NO.	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE Credit Hours
1	MGT 811	Theories of Management Sciences	03
2	MGT 812	Communication Strategies for scholars	03
3	MGT 813	Seminar in Behavioral Decision Making	03
4	MGT 814	Seminar in International Human Resource Management	03
5	MGT 815	Seminars in Organizational Behavior	03
6	MGT 816	Seminar in Leadership and Change Management	03
7	MGT 817	Designing Organizational Research	03
8	MGT 818	Advanced International Business Management	03
9	MGT 819	Seminar in Entrepreneurial Communication	03
10	MGT 820	Behavior Research in Marketing	03
11	MGT 821	Seminar in Product Planning	03
12	MGT 822	Seminar in qualitative Research in Marketing: Strategic Models and Methods	03
13	MGT 823	Empirical Analysis of Dynamic Decision Context	03
14	MGT 824	Culture and Persuasion	03
15	MGT 825	Seminar in International Marketing	03
16	MGT 826	Financial Econometrics	03
17	MGT 827	Behavioral Finance and Decision Making	03
18	MGT 828	Seminar in Economics of Strategy and Organization	03
19	MGT 829	Emerging issues in Financial Markets	03
20	MGT 830	Empirical Methods in Finance	03