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Heriot-Watt University
PhD Strategy, Operations and Leadership
Heriot-Watt University

PhD Strategy, Operations and Leadership

HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY

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Full time | Edinburgh campus | 3 years | SEP-25

Study mode

Full time

Duration

3 years

Start date

SEP-25

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Qualification type

PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

Subject areas

Course Summary

This group comprises seven academics including experts in Quality Management, Business Performance, Project Management, Strategic Management, Management, Management and Business History, and International Management. Collectively, they are some of the most highly cited global leaders in their fields. The group represents a diverse range of research interests that include Policy and strategy development and organizational change with a particular interest in what people do in the development of strategy:Measuring and managing business performance with a view to understanding what makes high performing organisations different and how organisational controls could be optimised to underpin sustainable long term business performanceBusiness process management and the use of Lean Six Sigma, quality management and wider business improvement approaches in a wide range of sectors and industriesManagement of strategic projects and strategic management and organisational controls in temporary organisations The international political economy of infrastructure systemsInternet portals, website quality, social networks and the market reach of rural small firmsStrategic and performance management of SMEsOrigins, history and cultural practices of hospitality and philosophical, ethical and cultural underpinnings of contemporary management practices.

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For this course (per year)

£19,816

Entry requirements

Good first degree in a relevant subject

University information

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Heriot-Watt University has a 200-year history, and over that time has cultivated an outstanding reputation for its quality of teaching and research. Despite being one of the oldest learning institutions in the UK, it offers a contemporary, research-driven approach to learning that ensures students are always benefiting from the very latest in global knowledge. The Edinburgh campus is based on 380 acres of parkland just outside of the city...more