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International PhD Student Competition

Management in the 21st Century

UniSAThe School of Management, University of South Australia will host 12 of the top PhD students from around the world to participate in a forum on the future of management in the 21st Century in Adelaide, Australia from 14th - 16th November 2011.

The PhD students are selected based on a 1,000 word essay in English suitable for publication as a newspaper opinion piece on the topic of management challenges facing the world and how to deal with them.

The School of Management will bring the 12 selected PhD students to Adelaide to participate in a roundtable discussion about their topics. The discussion will be supported by meetings with business leaders, government officials, leading academics from the University of South Australia, and PhD students from the school’s research concentrations. Students will also be given the opportunity to  present their essay. A copy of the schedule is available here (PDF 146KB)

The School of Management at the University of South Australia has particular research interests in:

Applicants should address one of these areas in the essay.

The selected PhD students will also spend a day in the company of local PhD students, touring the neighbouring wine regions in an event hosted by the School of Management Postgraduate Scholars’ Association.

Successful PhD students will enjoy the following:

PhD students will need to organise their own visas. The School of Management will provide documentation to support visa applications. PhD students from universities on all continents are invited to participate.

Applications have now closed for the 2011 Competition.

For further information in regards to the 2011 International PhD Student Competition please contact:

Dr Claudine Soosay
School of Management
Telephone: +61 8 8302 0634
Email: claudine.soosay@unisa.edu.au

Or

Ms Tina Morganella
School of Management
Telephone: +61 8 8302 0606
Email: tina.morganella@unisa.edu.au

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