|
Topic |
Participants |
Timing |
|
Welcome and
introduction |
Sarah Kaplan |
8:30-8:40 |
|
Perspectives on
managing your dissertation |
|
8:40-10:30 |
|
1. Getting
started
· Considerations
on selecting a topic and defining a question
· Preparing
and defending the proposal
|
Saikat Chaudhuri,
Wharton |
|
|
2. Getting
guidance
· Forming
and managing a committee
|
Sarah Kaplan, Wharton |
|
|
3. Getting
moving
· Considerations
on research design
· Practical
and technical issues associated with data collection
|
Gary Dushnitsky,Wharton |
|
|
4. Getting
a job
· Seeking
a job and preparing the job talk
|
Jon O’Brien, Notre Dame |
|
|
5. Getting
finished
· Writing
and re-writing the dissertation
· Defending
your thesis
· Carving
up the dissertation into papers for publication
|
Jasjit Singh, INSEAD |
|
|
6. Special
considerations for qualitative work
|
Sarah Kaplan, Wharton |
|
|
Break |
|
10:30-10:40 |
|
Breakouts
· Participants
discuss issues relevant to your stage in the dissertation |
All participants |
10:40-11:30 |
|
Perspectives from
senior faculty |
Kathy Eisenhardt,
Stanford
Tim Folta, Purdue
Scott Stern, Kellogg |
11:30-12:30 |