How to survive and complete a DBA/PhD in time!

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	Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more BAM Doctoral Fridays How to survive and complete a DBA/PhD in time! Stephanie Decker FAcSS FBAM Apr 7   READ IN APP   Walking a tightrope; surviving and completing a DBA/PhD in time! Friday 11 April, 1pm UK - 14:00 Europe - Online Join us here A PhD or DBA is a piece of research that you can complete in three years (full-time) or six years (part-time) – but there are so many things to do that it often takes longer. There is a lot to learn and many doctoral students also move to a new place or even new country so it can be an intense experience while also having to settle into a new role, a workplace where you are not really a colleague but also not a regular student – you no longer have a cohort where you regularly meet others in classrooms. There are few deadlines that cannot be moved, supervisors with lots of other things on their mind, and, for good or for ill, you are your own boss before you even know all the things that need to be done. PhD students find themselves with lots of unstructured time and multiple demands, DBAs have to juggle their professional role with the demands of becoming a professional researcher alongside. This Doctoral Friday, we look at how you can manage the many demands of doctoral life in a practical way, and what helps when trying to adjust to your new identity as a doctoral researcher. And yes, the subtitle is a great book by Mark Forster on “time” management Stephanie Decker is Professor of Strategy at Birmingham Business School and holds prestigious fellowships of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and the British Academy of Management (BAM). She is known for her work at the intersection of history and management studies and has published widely on African business history. She currently serves as the Co-Vice Chair for Research & Publications at the British Academy of Management, and previously as a co-editor and joint editor-in-chief at Business History. Her work has been published in journals such as Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, Organization, Business History Review, and Business History. Share You're currently a free subscriber to Organizational History Network. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. Upgrade to paid   Like Comment Restack   © 2025 Stephanie Decker Unsubscribe