presentation guidelines 28 may 2015
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28‐05‐2015
MGMT
PhD
presentations:
All PhD students at MGMT have to present their PhD project yearly (approximately after 1 year,
respectively 2 years).
A
third
and
last
presentation
during
the
last
year
of
the
PhD
studies
(a
so
‐
called pre‐defence‐like activity) is expected to be arranged and carried out by and in the research
group/centre of the PhD student. The head of the research group/centre is responsible for this. All
MGMT faculty should be invited.
The presentation:
At the presentation, the PhD student is expected to present his/her project, to demonstrate
progress and quality of the research project, and an ability to present research. The PhD student
will present in front of his/her supervisors (preferably both but at least one of them has to be
present) and
two
appointed
opponents.
The
department
faculty
incl.
of
fellow
PhD
students
will
also be invited.
The duration of the presentation as such is max. 15 min. (make sure NOT to exceed this time
limit). When justified, two relevant field committee members will act as opponents (max. 10
minutes each), in other cases, i.e. if a project is outside the expertise of the field committee
members, (an)other MGMT faculty member(s) may be called in to act as opponent. The remaining
time (10 minutes) is left for questions and comments from the rest of the MGMT faculty attending
the presentation.
The supervisors are not to interfere in the presentation or the dialogue afterwards, unless critical
supplementary information is needed.
1st
year
presentation
For the presentation after approx. one year of enrollment, the PhD student is asked to hand in a
short report (no more than 6‐8 pages) at least 10 working days prior to the presentation. During
the 1st year presentation the PhD student is supposed to give a status of the thesis work, choice of
theory and research design, collected (or planned) data and (if possible) preliminary results.
The report should also be an update of the PhD project description and thus a finalization of the
PhD plan (also part of the evaluation report which has to be made after the second semester)
addressing a thorough update of the key elements outlined in the BSS internal guidelines ‘Rules
and regulations for the PhD programme’
http://phd.au.dk/gradschools/businessandsocialsciences/rulesandregulations/ section 8.2. The
PhD student must send the final report to the MGMT PhD field committee and his/her supervisors,
and opponents if other than members of the MGMT PhD field committee (cc the MGMT PhD
administration) at least 10 working days prior to the presentation. Slides must be distributed two
days ahead of the presentation. In the event that you should have a published/ready‐to‐publish
paper, you
are
welcome
to
forward
that
as
well.
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2nd
year
presentation
At least one (draft) article or, in case of the student writing a monograph, chapter has to be
submitted to the MGMT PhD field committee (cc the MGMT PhD administration), supervisors,
and, opponents at least 10 working days prior to the presentation. It makes more sense to
provide feedback on a paper ready to be submitted (or a finished chapter), but the submitted
work may also be work‐in‐progress. The presentation should be based on the submitted
article/chapter but the presentation should also seek to establish the connection between the
submitted paper and the PhD project as a whole. Slides must be distributed two days ahead of the
presentation.
Also to be handed in prior to the presentation is a one page account of the more administrative
progress of the PhD project (courses, stay abroad etc.).
Evaluation:
The MGMT PhD field committee will after each presentation discuss and conclude regarding the
progress of the PhD student, the ability to publish research and to present research. One major
task of the committee is to assess if it is possible for a PhD student to finish on time. However, the
main responsibility for judging if the thesis can be expected to be delivered on time lies with the
supervisor(s).
In the possible event that the committee has some concerns after the annual presentation, the
committee will meet with the supervisors. The latter will have the opportunity to provide
supplementary
information
before
the
final
evaluation
report
is
made.
In order to ensure that important recommendations and/or suggestions for improvement are
implemented, the MGMT PhD field committee may decide to ask the PhD student to make a
supplementary presentation during the next presentation round (approximately after 6 months).
Feedback:
After the presentation and assessment have been concluded, the head of the programme does the
final editing before handing in the PhD field committee’s report on the PhD student’s progress to
the head of the Graduate School of Business and Social Sciences. The PhD student and his/her
supervisors will
of
course
be
informed
of
what
is
written
about
the
PhD
student’s
progress.