Doctoral Consortium In collaboration with 12th International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations
July 19th, 2010, Reading, UK
http:www.orgsem.org/2010
The 2010 International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations (ICISO 2010), previously named International Conference on Organisational Semiotics (ICOS), is the twelfth in a series of international events devoted to the latest research in informatics in organisations and organisational semiotics. ICISO has always aimed to provide a focal forum for active researchers and academics, practitioners, business and industrial professionals from a diversified range of domains including information management, information systems, business and engineering.
In support of this aim, ICISO2010 are planning a one-day doctoral consortium for research students who wish to benefit from an environment in which they can share and discuss their goals, methods and results at an early stage of their research. Submitted papers will be assessed independently from those of the ICISO conference, and an electronic set of doctoral proceedings will be available. During the doctoral consortium, researchers will be asked to present their work either in the form of a poster or as an oral presentation. Additional time will be allocated for oral presentations to allow general discuss concerning interesting work in progress. In addition, commercial and academic speakers will lead informative sessions covering relevant research topics. Specific doctoral topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Information management
• Information systems
• Organisational modelling
• Information technology in built environments
• Alignment and integration of business and technical systems
• Collaborative systems for organisations
• Digital economy: theory, methods and techniques for design and applications
• Commercial focused research (e.g. EngD.) or tool / software demonstration
Important dates 300 word abstract: 12 April, 2010 Notification of acceptance: 3 May 2010 Camera-ready paper (maximum 6 pages): 11 June 2010 Consortium Date: 18 July 2010
Submission Guidelines Research students are invited to submit a 300 word abstract relating to original, unpublished research. The camera-ready papers (maximum 6 pages, in English), must be submitted via easychair in pdf file format. The paper template can be found here here. Registration cost for the PhD consortium, with full access to the ICISO conference, is fixed at the reduced fee of £280. Registration, to just the PhD consortium, or for ICISO conference authors, is £70.
Doctorial Chair Ana Canhoto, University of Reading, England Stephen Gulliver, University of Reading, England
Conference Contact Details Conference website: http:www.orgsem.org/2010 Conference email address: ICISO@reading.ac.uk
Friday, February 26, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Call for papers - Journal of Systems and Information Technology
One of the many hats I wear is that of the Editor of the Journal of Systems and Information Technology published by Emerald. Please take a look at the Web site for it and consider submitting a paper. It has a growing reputation and a good turn around time with reviews. I will screen your submission first to let you know if it is suitable for the Journal.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/jsit/jsit.jsp
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/jsit/jsit.jsp
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Top researchers in your field in your country
Who are the top five researchers in your field in your country - who is still research active (over past 5 years)? You will soon realise that there isn't that much depth in terms of numbers. You may be in the top 5 or you can one day be in the top 5.
This is an exercise to make you think of what is required to be a top researcher. Just list them in a comment with a few words for each explaining why you listed each person - also provide the discipline and country.
www.CompletePhD.com
This is an exercise to make you think of what is required to be a top researcher. Just list them in a comment with a few words for each explaining why you listed each person - also provide the discipline and country.
www.CompletePhD.com
Monday, February 8, 2010
The Value of Research
Researchers often feel undervalued in their own institution. They work without much internal support such as research assistants, admin support and so on. They may even be unable to attract many research students because of their University's reputation.
Then I thought about the following. Think of Singapore and Hong Kong and how they transformed their universities by buying in good academics. Now they have their own staff in many cases. Think of this also. Korea choose ten discplines they want to excell in. They contact 10 leading academics from the work in each subject and offer them double their salary. They will provide them with admin and research support and build teams around them. I think the cost of the 100 salaries (at double Australian salaries) would be $30 million a year.
Considering they may be paying 15 million for present professors this seems a good deal for them. These academics will publish in the top journals, develop and mentor others and make Korea world leaders in these 10 discplines. I know that Korea is already doing very well in my own discpline and is ahead of Australia in top papers. The result is after a few years Korea is recognised as being a world leader in these 10 discplines and it has avery positive impact on their economy in terms of flow through such as attracting students, improved innovation in the economy and so. The extra 15 million seems trivial!
What I am saying is those same academics are probably undervalued in their own country and even by their own institution. Yet their abilities can change a country - strange but true....
www.CompletePhD.com
Then I thought about the following. Think of Singapore and Hong Kong and how they transformed their universities by buying in good academics. Now they have their own staff in many cases. Think of this also. Korea choose ten discplines they want to excell in. They contact 10 leading academics from the work in each subject and offer them double their salary. They will provide them with admin and research support and build teams around them. I think the cost of the 100 salaries (at double Australian salaries) would be $30 million a year.
Considering they may be paying 15 million for present professors this seems a good deal for them. These academics will publish in the top journals, develop and mentor others and make Korea world leaders in these 10 discplines. I know that Korea is already doing very well in my own discpline and is ahead of Australia in top papers. The result is after a few years Korea is recognised as being a world leader in these 10 discplines and it has avery positive impact on their economy in terms of flow through such as attracting students, improved innovation in the economy and so. The extra 15 million seems trivial!
What I am saying is those same academics are probably undervalued in their own country and even by their own institution. Yet their abilities can change a country - strange but true....
www.CompletePhD.com
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Problems with your supervisor
Doctoral students are in a vulnerable situation. Supervision at this level means that to a large extent the student is dependent on their supervisor. Without the support from a supervisor it is difficult to overcome the major obstacles that are part and parcel of doctoral studies. If the supervisor-student relationship is unsatisfactory from a student perspective then they may often feel powerless to change the situation and feel that there is nowhere to turn.
I suggest the following course of action when you feel that your studies are not going as well as they should. Reflect on what has been accomplished so far in your candidacy. Very often students get overly pessimistic when in fact they may be making reasonable progress. Try to pinpoint the reasons behind your dissatisfaction. Even try to think of some possible solutions to the problems. Arrange a meeting with your supervisor to discuss the issues. Try not to be too critical but to put your case in a neutral manner and then listen to what your supervisor has to say. Many of the issues that arise are due to a lack of communication. Once you have had the meeting, spend some time thinking rationally about what was discussed. If you think there is no real way forward you may want to talk to another academic about it in order to obtain a second opinion. If you have an associate or secondary supervisor you can talk to this person. If not, you may want to talk with the Head of Department. Try to be fair to your supervisor and keep him/her informed of your thinking or decisions. If you approach it in this way you are more likely to arrive at a reasonable solution that you are happy with.
www.CompletePhD.com
I suggest the following course of action when you feel that your studies are not going as well as they should. Reflect on what has been accomplished so far in your candidacy. Very often students get overly pessimistic when in fact they may be making reasonable progress. Try to pinpoint the reasons behind your dissatisfaction. Even try to think of some possible solutions to the problems. Arrange a meeting with your supervisor to discuss the issues. Try not to be too critical but to put your case in a neutral manner and then listen to what your supervisor has to say. Many of the issues that arise are due to a lack of communication. Once you have had the meeting, spend some time thinking rationally about what was discussed. If you think there is no real way forward you may want to talk to another academic about it in order to obtain a second opinion. If you have an associate or secondary supervisor you can talk to this person. If not, you may want to talk with the Head of Department. Try to be fair to your supervisor and keep him/her informed of your thinking or decisions. If you approach it in this way you are more likely to arrive at a reasonable solution that you are happy with.
www.CompletePhD.com
Follow Through
As you are as a person then so you are as a researcher. If you are persistant, hard working, creative and keep your word as a person then that will describe you as a researcher. What I have noticed over the years in my dealings with academics is that many, if not most, just don't follow through. They say they will do ABC but just never get round to it. Of course, they blame their high teaching workload, a change of dean and a million other things. The reality is that what they say is often not what they do.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Happy New Year to you all
Happy New Year to you all. It is that time of year when we should be thinking about our research plan for the year ahead. What should a research plan include? Well, it depends at the stage someone is at with their research.
If you are on a phd then you might be planning to gather data and write some papers, develop some skills and knowledge in data analysis and so on. The objectives can be well defined as taking a phd should be about following a well trodden research path.
If you have a PhD, your research plan might inlcude what projects you will start or continue and the papers you will write. You may also be thnking about your research network and how that will develop. You may be thinking about conferences to present your work and meeting people that you may collaborate with in the future.
If you are more advanced with your research you may be thinking about developing a research centre, expanding an existing centre, acquiring resources and funding, employing support and so on. You may be targeting certain journals or even organising a conference.
Your plan for 2010 should be part of a 3 year plan to take your research to a higher level. However, be careful that it doesn't get too mechanistic. Think about what you enjoy or might like to experience. Maybe you would like to go on a sabbatical to a beautiful part of the world and discuss your research with some interested people.
Whatever your plans are for 2010 I wish you success and enjoyment.
If you are on a phd then you might be planning to gather data and write some papers, develop some skills and knowledge in data analysis and so on. The objectives can be well defined as taking a phd should be about following a well trodden research path.
If you have a PhD, your research plan might inlcude what projects you will start or continue and the papers you will write. You may also be thnking about your research network and how that will develop. You may be thinking about conferences to present your work and meeting people that you may collaborate with in the future.
If you are more advanced with your research you may be thinking about developing a research centre, expanding an existing centre, acquiring resources and funding, employing support and so on. You may be targeting certain journals or even organising a conference.
Your plan for 2010 should be part of a 3 year plan to take your research to a higher level. However, be careful that it doesn't get too mechanistic. Think about what you enjoy or might like to experience. Maybe you would like to go on a sabbatical to a beautiful part of the world and discuss your research with some interested people.
Whatever your plans are for 2010 I wish you success and enjoyment.
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