UoL DBA Course Welcome Message
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The document provides guidance for DBA students on the core modules. It discusses two dimensions of each module: 1) the subject matter and 2) developing doctoral skills. For dimension one, the module syllabus outlines learning outcomes, resources, assignments, and policies. Dimension two focuses on training research skills like identifying problems, reviewing literature, research design, and communicating work. The facilitator encourages using this module to experiment with skills at any stage of development and to push boundaries while being realistic of short-term goals over the 10-week period. Students should read the syllabus and use this safe environment to further their skills.
UoL DBA Course Welcome Message
- 1. DBA Student Welcome Note Andreas Meiszner, PhD
- 2. A warm welcome and independently where we might meet in the DBA Programme!!!
- 3. In the Core Modules In the Core Modules I am looking forward in providing you with: • Guidance, facilitation, and where needed (re-)direction along your Core Module journey. • Support and encouragement in using Critical Action Learning and Action Research using appropriate quantitative and qualitative methods.
- 4. The two learning dimensions of a module Through the Core Modules I attempt to provide you with guidance, facilitation, and other type of support requests that you might have within one of the two dimensions of each of the Core Modules: • Dimension One: the subject matter of the module. • Dimension Two: to develop a doctoral skillset and with support of the Critical Action Learning and Action Research process.
- 5. Dimension One – The subject matter This is perhaps the more well known dimension, and: • In the module syllabus you will be finding all important information such as module learning outcomes, module resources, an assignment overview and schedule, grading criteria and university policies. • I thus like to encourage you to make sure that you have read the module syllabus.
- 6. Dimension Two – The doctoral skillset (1 / 4) • Doctoral-level thinking and research skills that are to be trained alongside the core modules include inter-alia identifying, seeing through and articulating a research problem, a research question, or hypotheses; searching for relevant literature, to evaluate, assess and analyze what stands in the literature; critically and logically evaluate the validity of research outcomes presented in the literature and based upon the evidence provided in it; to use the literature to define, identify and/or apply conceptual frameworks; to understand how the literature relates to your research problem, research question, or hypotheses; research design and execution, including possible methods and methodologies for data collection, analysis and evaluations; data collection and sampling techniques, analysis and evaluation of research outcomes and to derive conclusions from it; or presenting and communicating your work, and techniques to discuss or defend it – to just name a few core skills. • Beside such skills other doctoral level skills that might be trained along the side likely include things like to understand what is relevant and what not, and to let go of not relevant things; to establish and comply to boundaries; to handle self-doubt, anxiety, and feelings of being overwhelmed; to overcome frustrations and feelings of not being capable to perform as expected, understand and overcome procrastination, and alikes.
- 7. Dimension Two – The doctoral skillset (2 / 4) • Doctoral-level thinking and research skills will be trained alongside the entire DBA journey starting in the Core Modules up till the final thesis and the viva, and you can expect to be pushed to the boundary. Image source: "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham, ww.phdcomics.com
- 8. Dimension Two – The doctoral skillset (3 / 4) • … and in this continuing DBA journey in the next ten weeks ahead I like to support you in pushing at this boundary. Image source: "The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D.” by http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/ Your research contributions Reading research papers will take you to the edge of human knowledge. Once you're at the boundary, you will start to focus and push at the boundary for some time. Until one day the boundary gives way. And, that dent that you've made is your doctorate.
- 9. Dimension Two – The doctoral skillset (4 / 4) • If you are still more in the early stage of Doctoral-level thinking and research skills, be welcome to use this module as a safe sandbox environment. • If you are already at the more advanced stage of Doctoral-level thinking and research skills, be welcome to use this module so to experiment and tinker with the respective skills that you want to develop further. • But independently of the two, please do not forget the bigger picture. • And understand that this will be only ten weeks of training for something bigger. • Thus be realistic of what you would want to achieve and get out in the next ten weeks. • And keep pushing! Your research contributions Image source: "The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D.” by http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/
- 10. With this: Continued good learning! Andreas