PROGRAMS
PHD IN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Title of the Program: PhD in Management
Duration: 3 years
Teaching Language: English
Content: 60 ECTS credits and a research component
Overview of the Program:
Caucasus University has wide experience of conducting PhD programs over the years. The University has been delivering PhD program in Business Administration in partnership with foreign counterparts for more than 10 years. In accordance with modern standars and demand, relevant PhD program in Management was established.
PhD program in Management belongs to the third level educational system and its aim is to prepare researchers, who will possess deep theoretical knowledge and methodological skills necessary to conduct a research in the direction of Business Administration field of Management, more specifically in the areas of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory, or Leadership.
PhD program is oriented to prepare a researcher, who will be able to plan and conduct a research independently, to create new knowledge and to develop in doctoral students best teaching methods and knowledge transfer skills. The program also aims to prepare graduates, who adhere to principles of academic integrity and are able to integrate themselves in the various fields of academic society internationally. The graduate of the program will receive academic degree of PhD in Management.
Degree Awarded: PhD in Management
Program structure
Teaching process is structured around semesters. All teaching components last one semester. A semester consists of calendar weeks. Each week comprises contact hours, as well as, hours for independent work. Semester may include 2 or 16 calendar weeks. The number of weeks for each semester is planned individually according to each cohort.
| I Year | II Year | III Year | |
| 42 ECTS | 18 ECTS | 4 Academic Semesters | |
| Seminars and Methodological Courses | Teaching and Assistantship Component | Dissertation | |
PhD in Management program consists of teaching component (60 ECTS credits) and research component (no less than four academic semesters). Program`s teaching component includes mandatory seminars and methodological courses (34 ECTS credits), optional seminar (6 ECTS credits) and teaching and assistantship (20 ECTS credits). Doctoral student can choose one of the elective seminars offered by the program. Research component comprises a Dissertation. Before Dissertation doctoral student is required to participate in academic scientific conference (present conference paper himself/herself) on relevant topic of Dissertation.
Program Objectives
Program objectives are as follows:
To train a researcher, who will possess deep theoretical knowledge and methodological skills necessary to conduct a research in the direction of Business Administration field of Management, more specifically in the areas of Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory or Leadership;
To train a researcher, who will be able to plan and conduct a research independently;
To create new knowledge and to develop in doctoral students best teaching methods and knowledge transfer skills;
To prepare graduates who adhere to principles of academic integrity and are able to integrate themselves in the various fields of academic society internationally.
Program Learning Outcomes
1. A graduate will possess a deep knowledge including a knowledge of recent scientific breakthroughs in the following areas of Management: Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory or Leadership. A graduate will also acquire knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods, which will enable him/her to produce impactful research publications in the field of management.
2. A graduate will be able to plan, carry out and supervise modern and innovative research independently in the subfields of management and to create new knowledge in the areas of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory or Leadership.
3. A graduate will be able to critically analyze, synthesize and evaluate new, complex and controversial ideas and approaches before and during the research process; He/she will also be able to independently make efficient decisions in case of unaccepted circumstances.
4. A graduate will be able successfully participate in research groups operating in various time zones and spaces utilizing modern day information and communications technologies;
5. A graduate will be able to engage in thematic debates regarding existing knowledge, new research findings and paradigms internationally.
6. A graduate will be able to build upon his/her knowledge of recent breakthroughs and develop new findings and ideas him/herself.
7. A graduate will be able to analyze, research and implement academic and professional integrity.
Employment opportunities
A graduate of the program will have employment opportunities in the following fields:
⇒ Educational institutions,
⇒ Scientific and research institutes,
⇒ Analytical research centers,
⇒ Management consulting companies,
⇒ Analytical and research departments at state and private sectors,
⇒ Top management positions in private companies.
Student Evaluation and Grading System
Student grading systems differs in teaching and research components.
Teaching component consists of midterm and final evaluation. In teaching component students will be graded with a 100-score system, which includes 70 points of midterm evaluation and 30 points of final exam.
In the grading system there are established minimal score limits of midterm and final grades. The detailed information about score limits is presented in course syllabuses, which is usually uploaded in the system of studying management process before the academic semester starts.
At each step of the studying process student has right to retake the final exam if his/her minimal midterm grade is 41.
Scores in the grading system are distributed according to the following chart:
The following grades will be considered satisfactory:
• (A) – Excellent – maximum score: 91.00–100.00
• (B) – Very Good – maximum score: 81.00 – 90.00
• (C) – Good – maximum score: 71.00 – 80.00
• (D) – Satisfactory – maximum score: 61.00 – 70.00
• (E) – Sufficient – maximum score: 51.00 – 60.00
The following evaluation will be considered unsatisfactory:
• (FX) – Insufficient – 41.00-50.00 of maximum score, which means that student needs to put more work to pass the subject and is given one more chance to take final exam.
• (F) – Fail – 40.00 or lower of maximum score, which means that student’s accomplishment of the course is fully unsatisfactory and he/she has to take the course again.
Student has right to retake the final exam according to the administrative deadlines, no less than in 5 days after the final exam grades are published. The resit exam score is not added to the initial final exam score. Resit exam score is the final grade and will be included in the ultimate evaluation of the studying component.
Research component is graded following the rule of unitary evaluation principal.
The dissertation is evaluated with the following system:
a) Excellent (summa cum laude) – excellent work;
b) Very Good (magma cum laude) – the work, which completely exceeds the required standards;
c) Good (cum laude) – the work, which exceeds the required standards;
d) Satisfactory (bene) – the work, which meets the basic required standards;
e) Sufficient (rite) – the work, which meets the required standards despite the gaps;
f) Insufficient (insufficient) – insufficient work, which does not meet the required standards, because of important gaps;
g) Fail (sub omni canone) – the work, which absolutely does not meet the required standards.
In case of receiving evaluation defined in “a”-“e” sub-points, doctorate gets doctoral academic degree.
In case of receiving evaluation defined in “f” sub-point, doctorate is given a year time limit to represent the emended dissertation.
In case of receiving evaluation defined in “g” sub-point, doctorate loses the chance to represent the same work.