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Organization and Management of Business and Working Systems – (Ph.D.)
University of Maribor
Faculty of Organizational Sciences| Application Deadline: | Call for applications has been published on May 29th; Deadline for applicants: September 1st; Enrollment: September 30th 2011 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,337 - | ||
| Location: | Maribor / Slovenia / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English Slovenian | ||
Location of University of Maribor
The aim of this doctoral study programme is to educate and enable top-level professionals:
- to understand business environment from the point of view of business and working systems
- for an independent and prospective research
- for an in-depth research and creating new methods of planning, organizing, managing and controlling of business processes and systems as well as evaluating their broadest application
- for a critical judgement and analytical solving of the most demanding business problems from the area of interest.
During their doctoral studies the students will deepen their knowledge and comprehension of the quality management, system ergonomics, management of business processes and projects, product development and technological processes, eco-management, innovative processes as well as organization of technological systems.
Contents
The doctoral study programme is designed to be completed in 3 years / 180 ECTS:
1. YEAR
1. semester:
- Scientific research of social phenomenon; 15 ECTS
- Individual Research Work - IRW (registration of doctoral dissertation); 15 ECTS
2. semester:
- Business and Working Systems; 10ECTS
- 2 elective courses; 20 ECTS
2. YEAR
3. semester:
- 2 elective courses; 20 ECTS
- Individual Research Work - IRW (preparation of doctoral dissertation); 10 ECTS
4. semester:
- Individual Research Work - IRW (preparation of doctoral dissertation); 30 ECTS
3. YEAR 5. semester:
- Individual Research Work - IRW (preparation of doctoral dissertation); 30 ECTS
6. semester:
- Individual Research Work - IRW (preparation and dissertation defense); 30 ECTS
Obligatory courses:
1. Challenges for Quality Management 10
2. System Ergonomics 10
3. Business Process and Project Management 10
4. Managing Products and Technological Processes Development 10
5. Ecological management and innovation processes 10
6. Organization of technological systems 10
List of elective courses of the second year of doctoral programme
1. Decision Theory and Systems for Decision Support 10
2. Knowledge Discovery From Data 10
3. Innovative eServices 10
4. Software Engineering 10
5. Information System Development: Methods and Techniques 10
6. System Dynamics and Development of Strategies 10
7. Staffing Organizations 10
8. Development and Education of Human Resources 10
9. Internal Communications 10
10. Organization of the HR function 10
11. Information Security Management 10
12. E-business model design 10
13. Measurements and Evaluation in Education and Training 10
14. Special Topics in Reliability and Availability Theory 10
15. Research and Achievements in Business Economics and Accounting 10
16. Innovative Supply Chain Business Models 10
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Register Now!Requirements
To the 3rd degree study programme Organization and Management of Business and Working Systems may enrol the student who has completed:
* the 2nd degree study programme
* the university study programme, introduced before June 11, 2004,
* the college study programme, introduced before June 11, 2004, and the study programme for acquiring specialization. Before his enrolment into a given programme, the student has to fulfil his obligations and acquire 33 ECTS from the 2nd degree study programme. This means that the candidate has to fulfil the following study obligations, i. e. pass the examination in the following subjects: Multivariate analysis (6 ECTS), Organizational planning and changes (5 ECTS), Process management (6 ECTS), Information support of work processes (6 ECTS), Project management competences (5 ECTS), Automation of production processes (5 ECTS)
* other study programme related to the professions regulated by the EU directives, or any other consistent MA programme having value of 300 ECTS points
In the case of enrolment restrictions, the selection of the candidates will be based on:
- the average grade obtained at the examinations (20%)
- the grade obtained in defending a degree work or an MA thesis (20%)
- the grades obtained at the examination (60%) selected from the field of management of business and working systems.
Up to 50% of the grade at the selected subject examination can be replaced by the evaluation of the student´s scientific and professional work in the field of the given study programme.
The main criteria of the scientific work evaluation are publications as:
- scientific monograph
- independent scientific contribution in a monograph
- original or surveying scientific paper published in the journal qualified by impact factor (JCR), or in a journal indexed in the SCI, SSCI or A&HCI databases, as well as in a journal from the field of organization classified the secondary bases
- contribution published in a collection of international scientific conference.
The main criteria of the professional work evaluation are as follows:
- professional monograph
- independent professional contribution in a monograph
- published professional contributions on the conferences
- professional papers and/or peer reviews of them- editorship of a monograph or a journal
- other forms of documented professional activity
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Accreditation
The study programme has been accredited by the State regulated accreditational body in the Republic of Slovenia.
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