Can we transform Doctoral Degrees in Business & Management for real impact?
The doctorate is undoubtedly one of the most prestigious diplomas and is part of the educational tradition in Europe. In management sciences, the situation is more paradoxical. The discipline is applied and principally vocational – in companies and organisations – yet doctorates in management are today mainly intended for the academic world.
Steeped in a long tradition, the doctorate seems to have had some difficulty evolving in Europe and elsewhere. Despite the internationalisation of educational systems, cross-national collaborations and a worldwide academic labour market, the impact of the doctoral contributions for organisations remain questionable. Does the innovation and European harmonisation that we’ve seen in other programmes stop when we get to doctoral level?
Read more of this article here, written with Valerie SABATIER & Michel ALBOUY (also available in French here)
Mark - very interesting topic. As a 'pracademic' I pursued a DBA with a desire to contribute to practice. I felt that I was being driven towards a more academic approach akin to a PhD, until I put my years of practitioner experience back into it. I have written a conference paper that I will present at IMP in Marseilles 4-7 September. I'd be happy to share this with you, electronically or in person.
UX/CX Research Lead @ RAKBANK | Adjunct Professor in Consumer Behavior @ NEOMA
6 年Why is it that we are always tackled as overqualified by firms as young people with Ph.Ds, instead of being captured as valuable assets and proactive in problem solving? That is the real question.