Beginning a Research Career in Business
Required onboarding course for incoming Wisconsin School of Business PhD students covering research fundamentals and academic career preparation.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Recognize what is required to be a successful academic including tenure process, networking, preparation for the job market.
Recognize how to chart a path through PhD program requirements.
Describe the basics of how research is conducted including generating ideas, framing a contribution, responding to reviewer.
Access critical research resources including time, data, and critical feedback.
Demonstrate motivation to conduct publishable and impactful research.
Develop social ties within and beyond the school to serve as a career springboard.
Source: UW Guide
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- Declared in Business PHD
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- Declared in Business PHD
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Required of incoming students in the Wisconsin School of Business PhD program. Students are often overwhelmed and do not absorb material when offered all at once before they begin their regular courses. This format offers fundamental content about conducting research and academic life that is not specific to a given department in the business school, but will help to frame and motivate other studies. This format gives students more time to absorb the content at a point when they can better see how it applies to them.
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- Conducting research and academic life in business.
- Tenure process, networking, and job market preparation.
- PhD program requirements and progression.
- Accessing research resources such as time, data, and feedback.
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- Navigating academic careers, tenure processes, and job market preparation.
- Planning progress through PhD program requirements.
- Fundamentals of conducting research, including idea generation and responding to reviewers.
- Building professional networks within and beyond the school.
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