伯明翰市商学院在商业研究领域拥有悠久而成功的历史。学院拥有广泛的经验，技能和专长，使我们能够拥有美国最多元化的商业研究学位课程之一。博士学位通过对特定问题的学术理解做出重大贡献来扩展硕士水平的学习。本文探讨了当前的理论和框架，并说明了从经验研究或推理中获得的见识如何保证基本的重新概念化。到课程结束时，学生将撰写约80,000字的论文。将由两名或更多考官对学生进行口头考试。商学院认为，对于研究型学生而言，开展与校内研究小组的研究实力非常接近的研究非常有价值。
OverviewBirmingham City Business School have a long and successful history in the field of business research. The wide range of experiences, skills and specialisms within the faculty allow us to have one of the most diverse business research degree portfolios in the country.There are three entry dates to the programme each academic year, in September, February and May.What's covered in this courseThere are a number of key themes underpinning research in Birmingham City Business School:Change management and organisational developmenttransformationLeadership and multi-unit managementComplexity, behavioural & neuroscience approaches to leadershipExploration of contemporary issues in international and comparative human resource managementFinancial managementMarketing Strategy & E-MarketingStrategic Change & Strategy FormulationStrategic leadership and effective decision-making We work closely with all kinds of companies to produce collaborative and bespoke research projects and engage in knowledge transfer partnerships (KTPs) throughout the UK and beyond. All of our research feeds back into our innovative undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.Course StructurePhD degrees extend Master's level study by making a significant contribution to academic understanding of a particular issue. The thesis explores current theories and frameworks and demonstrates how insights from empirical study or reasoning warrant a fundamental reconceptualisation. By the end of the programme students will have written a thesis of around 80,000 words. Students will be orally examined on their work by two or more examiners.The Business School believes it is valuable for research students to undertake research which aligns very closely with the research strengths of the research groups within the school.While personal research proposals will be considered, the School would welcome applications from students who wish to undertake specific research on proposals from one of our research centres.