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Wednesday 5 March 2025 at 09:00 to Thursday 6 March 2025 at 16:00
Friday 31 January 2025 at 23:55
Dalgas Have - room DHØ 0.65 (ground floor),
Dalgas Have 15,
2000 Frederiksberg
Dalgas Have - room DHØ 0.65 (ground floor)
Dalgas Have 15
2000 Frederiksberg
To participate, the PhD student must be working on a PhD project within the field of organization and management studies. Priority is given to MOST PhD students in the final year of their project. Each student must submit a presentation of up to three pages that include the following core elements of their dissertation framework: a) Overall thesis narrative: What is the story in a nutshell? b) State-of-the-art and overarching research question; c) Overall theoretical approach and research design; d) The role of each paper in the narrative.
A core challenge in the paper-based dissertation is ensuring that the individual papers are connected by relating to an overarching research question, systematically supplementing each other, and collectively enabling a solid onclusion – without being too repetitive. This course focuses on establishing robust linkages between the papers in a PhD dissertation by composing and writing an effective framework (”kappe”). This process is creative and experimental, involving movement back and forth between the whole and its parts to identify a clear and engaging narrative within the disicplinary domain of the project. Participants will learn what different types of readers in the field of organization and management studies expect from a dissertation, and how to craft a framework that meets these expectations.
The course adopts a pragmatist approach to composing a coherent paper-based dissertation within a given research domain. It centers on the question: How can a framework be written to engage readers and withstand “assaults from a hostile environment” (Latour, 1987)?
Four tools are introduced: “framing” (what is the domain and approach of the dissertation?), “storyline” (what is the relationship, logic structure, or golden thread across the papers?), “enrolment” (how can readers be engaged and objections minimized?), and “narration” (what the type of story should be told, and how should it be told in terms of time and space?). The participants will employ the tools to each others’ framework outlines to help make them as effective as possible.
Day 1 - March 5
09.00-09.30: Welcome and introduction lecture Signe Vikkelsø
09.30-10.30: Lecture: The core constituents and role of the frame in a paper-based dissertation Signe Vikkelsø
10.30-10.45: Coffee break
10.45-12.00: Break-out sessions: Discussion of participants’ outlines
Faculty present in each session
12.00-12.30: Lunch break
12.30-14.00: Lecture: Constructing coherence among parts (what’s the story?) Anne Reff Pedersen
14.00-14.15: Coffee break
14.15-15.45: Break-out sessions: Discussion of participants’ outlines
Faculty present in each session
15.45-16.00: Wrap up
Day 2 - March 6
09.00-10.30: Lecture: Who are you writing for? Selecting and understanding your readers Signe Vikkelsø
10.30-10.45: Coffee break
10.45-12.00: Break-out sessions: Discussion of participants’ outlines
Faculty present in each session
12.00-12.30: Lunch break
12.30-14.00: Lecture: How to tell the story? Genres and temporality
Anne Reff Pedersen
14.00-14.15: Coffee break
14.15-15.45: Break-out sessions: Discussion of participants’ outlines
Faculty present in each session
15.45-16.00: Wrap up and goodbye
Learning objectives
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CBS PhD School
Nina Iversen
Phone: +45 3815 2475
ni.research@cbs.dk
CBS PhD School
Nina Iversen
Phone: +45 3815 2475
ni.research@cbs.dk