Doctoral Programme in Management is organized by ISM University of Management and Economics in partnership with BI Norwegian Business School, Norway, Aarhus University, Denmark, and University of Tartu, Estonia.
The program is run by prominent researchers of the respective universities, who perform high-quality research and regularly publish in high-level international journals, act as experts, and participate in research projects – ensuring the high quality of studies through the curriculum and scientific internships.
The purpose of doctoral studies is to develop researchers, who are able to contribute to existing knowledge and conduct high-quality research aimed at solving relevant social and business problems.
Doctoral studies lead to the development of competencies and skills necessary for analyzing scientific literature, raising research questions, selecting adequate research methodology, conducting empirical research, and sharing it with the international academic community.
General information
Length of study
Full time: 4 years; Part time studies: 6 years; Externally: up to 1 year.
Language
Degree awarded
Doctor of Management
Credits
6
Course annotation: The aim of the course is to disclose the nature of social research development and the main requirements for research and doctoral dissertation in social sciences. It also intends to discuss the scientific approach and the stages of the research process.
Prof. dr. Ilona Bučiūnienė
Course annotation The aim of the course is to help the participants to acquire an intellectual identity through an understanding of the main problems and positions in the theory and philosophy of the human and social sciences as this are reflected in the discussions of these issues in the last half-century and give the participants an understanding of the relation to the history of this science.
Prof. dr. Hans Siggaard Jensen (Aarhus University)
Course annotation The course provides an overview of qualitative methodology and allows learning and practicing qualitative methodology as it is used in organizational studies.
Prof. Dr. Trish Reay
Course annotation: This course aims to provide students with the statistical knowledge to interpret quantitative research. The most common analysis techniques will be demonstrated with actual research data. Students will learn to identify the appropriate tests for a given research question and dataset and they will learn how to carry out these techniques in SPSS.
Dr. Samuel Franssens
7
Course annotation This Doctoral Course aims to develop doctoral students’ teaching and research competencies enabling them to pursue an academic career at a University or outside. The Course consists of Seminars and an Academic Internship. Academic Internship shall be composed of teaching and research activities. The seminars are aimed to provide knowledge and skills necessary for scholarship proficiency. The seminars cover teaching, research ethics, academic writing and publishing, academic presentation, research projects’ development and management as well as specialized scholarly software mastery issues. Each student should attend at least one seminar on each of the above-listed topics (in total minimum of 20 academic hours). The Academic Internship aims to develop the academic skills of doctoral students. A doctoral student may be involved in the academic activities listed in the appendices of ISM Faculty Workload Regulations.
Prof. Dr. Ilona Bučiūnienė, Dr. Jolanta Jaškienė
A doctoral student of ISM University of Management and Economics (hereinafter – ISM) have to complete and pass the examination (if applicable) of the selected study course or courses at a foreign university during the first half of the studies according to the approved programme of research and doctoral studies.
ISM may offer up to 725 EUR (seven hundred twenty-five Euros) to cover up the expenses for studying doctoral course at a foreign university (universities). These costs may include study fee, travel and accommodation expenses. If the doctoral student fails the examination, ISM will not cover the expenses related to re-examination of the course.A doctoral student shall study doctoral course and take the examination of the course (if applicable) at a foreign university according to the following procedure:
Dissertation defence
Doctoral candidates may present their dissertation for defense when they:
– pass all the examinations provided in the doctoral study program;
– present their most significant research results in at least 2 articles published (or accepted for publication) in scientific peer-reviewed journals, or scientific monography;
– present their research results during at least 2 international scientific gatherings (conferences, seminars).
“I wanted to independently explore a topic of my choice and ISM appeared to be the best university in Lithuania to pursue my interest in consumer behaviour.“
Martin Aubel
Doctoral student
In Lithuania, it is the first Doctoral program in Management carried out jointly with foreign partner universities. Studies are organized by ISM University of Management and Economics. The program is conducted in English.
Registration
Jaškienė, J., & Bučiūnienė, I. (2021). Human resource management–research performance linkage in higher education institutions. Management: Journal of Contemporary Management Issues, 26(1), 149-168.
Qureshi, W. (2020). The role of human capital in the implementation of healthcare innovation in the UAE. In Palgrave Studies in Global Human Capital Management: 3. Human Capital in the Middle East (pp. 275-310). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-42211-0_11
Poškienė, E., & Kazlauskaitė, R. (2020). Organizational caring for employee wellbeing through performance management. Human Resource Management (Zarzadzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi), 136, 13-34. doi:10.5604/01.3001.0014.4442
Uždavinytė, E. M., Aubel, M., & Gineikienė, J. (2019). It is domestic, it must be healthy: How health consciousness and consumer ethnocentrism shape healthiness perception and purchase intentions of domestic food. Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, 10(2), 196-211.
Žebrytė, I., Fonseca-Vasquez, F., & Hartley, R. (2019). Emerging economy entrepreneurs and open data: Decision making for natural disaster resilience. Journal of small business strategy, 29(1), 36-47.
Qualification requirements
Admission rules
The competitive score of applicants is generated in respect to the following criteria
Online application
Applicants must submit an online application https://my.ism.lt
Documents for application
Research proposal project
Admission deadlines
Admissions fee
Tuition fee
*per semester
Scholarships
State scholarships for full time studies (4 years)*
The scholarships will be offered to full-time doctoral students in Management and Economics. A scholarship covers the tuition fee and provides a student grant (for first-year doctoral students – 798 EUR/month; for second, third, and fourth year doctoral students – 924 EUR/month). Candidates to the state doctoral study scholarships are selected by means of competition according to the results of the competitive entry score.
Tuition fees discounts
Doctoral students who are graduates of an ISM Bachelor’s, International Master’s, or Master’s degree in Management are granted an ISM graduate discount. The amount of the discount is 30% of the tuition fee paid for the entire study period.
The discount is also given to doctoral students who have received a high competitive score.
Doctoral Committee: evaluates research topics of doctoral students, approves individual study programs, considers doctoral supervision issues, monitors doctoral student research progress, and assesses the quality of doctoral dissertations.
The Doctoral Committee is composed of researchers from all participating partner universities, co-ordinates, and assures the quality of doctoral studies and scientific research.
Contacts
Dean of Doctoral Studies Prof. Ilona Bučiūnienė Arkliu str. 18, 01305 Vilnius Tel.: +370 5 212 3960 E-mail: *protected email*, *protected email*
Manager of Research and Doctoral Studies Ugnė Gervickaitė Arkliu str. 18, 01305 Vilnius Tel.: +370612 59 672 E-mail: *protected email*