Doctoral Summer School at Bhubaneswar

A Doctoral Summer School is being arranged at Bhubaneswar, India, for doctoral scholars in management and related disciplines, who may be enrolled at any university/institute. Research-minded colleagues from academic and other backgrounds are also welcome to participate. Proposed Topics: place of case studies in research, contexts of case research, case design, skills relevant to case-study research, case writing, case-based pedagogy, typical case studies, case-based thesis proposals, etc.....

Objectives
Overall: To reflect on case study as a method of research and explore its application in a research area of one's interest.
Supporting: (a) To become aware of the challenges of doing research in applied disciplines, such as management; (b) To explore the distinctive features of case-study research and the variety of approaches followed in different situations; (c) To practice the skills of doing case-study research.

Registration
Please send an e-mail to the Convenor introducing yourself and describing your interest in case-study research. After receiving the Convenor's comfirmation, please make a bank draft in favour of "Xavier Institute of Management" payable at Bhubaneswar, for the appropriate participation fee (INR 2,500 for students; INR 4,000 for those in employment; the fee includes registration, non-air-conditioned accommodation, and boarding; for a possible discount, write to the Convenor). Air-conditioned accommodation will be available for a higher price. Foreign participants are requested to contact the Convenor for separate registration details. Please send a covering letter (and the bank draft) to the address given at the end. For any payment-related queries, please contact Mr Kishore Pradhan, Accounts Officer (kishore<AT>ximb.ac.in).

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Suresh Behera