October 2008

PHD MANAGEMENT
Extending Research Frontiers
Contents

02- Welcome from the Dean

03- The Programme
06- Programme Structure
01 07- Faculty
10- Admission Criteria

Suleman Dawood School Of Business

Welcome from the Dean

Welcome to the Suleman Dawood School of Business of the Lahore University of

Management Sciences. It is my pleasure to introduce the PhD Management Programme
to you as a prospective candidate who wants to prepare for a life of scholarship
and teaching in an academic institution of higher learning.

The Business School now offers a research based degree, which complements our
flagship MBA Programme and the much sought after Executive MBA Programme.
This is in keeping with the university’s and school’s vision to be renowned as a
research institute of repute in the region.

The need for a PhD in Management has been apparent for some time. The focus
on research and academia all over the country has created a demand for scholars
in the field of management, amongst others. It is to this end that we have designed
our extremely rigorous programme, in synch with international standards.

Shaukat Ali Brah, PhD

We are very proud of our highly qualified faculty members who are trained from
Professor and Dean
top notch institutes of the world. We believe they are amongst the very best in the
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region. Moreover, they are very active in various avenues of scholarship. Our well
of Business
established research centres give them the requisite support to design research in
relevance to South Asian Markets.

Especially designed offices for PhD students give them the space on campus to
concentrate fully on their research.

Please explore the following pages to see for yourself how rewarding our PhD
Management degree can be for you.

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The Programme Operations Management (OM)

In keeping with its stated goal of becoming an internationally This specialization area (OM) deals with configuring people,
renowned centre of research in the field of management, the material, machine, and method for optimal benefits. The area
Suleman Dawood School of Business is offering a course- draws upon a wide range of disciplines including mathematics,
based PhD Programme in the following two specializations: economics and other social sciences. Work performed in this
a) Organizational Behaviour & Strategy; and b) Operations area is typically characterized by a blend of theoretical and
Management. In this programme, outstanding students will applied research.
have an opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills required
to pursue research at the frontiers of the management field
under the supervision of the best management professors in Current Research Topics
Pakistan. This PhD degree is ideal for those seeking academic
research and teaching careers in management. SDSB faculty is engaged in research in the following topics:

Organizational Behaviour & Strategy

Specialization Areas
• Corporate Social Responsibility & Business Ethics
SDSB is offering PhD courses and doctoral dissertation • Critical Management Studies
supervision in: • Industrial Management Studies
• Industrial Clusters & Competitive Strategy
• Cross-Cultural Management
Organizational Behaviour & Strategy (OB&S)
• Leadership & Organizational Change
• Negotiations
This specialization area (OB&S) refers to a collection of
• Motivation, Values, Attitudes and Behaviour
theory and research that helps develop a deeper
understanding of personal, interpersonal , and system-wide
processes in organizations. It especially allows us to gain
Operations Management
greater insights into the functioning of complex and evolving
• Enterprise Modelling
organizations. The principal objective of OB&S is to train
• Mathematical Modelling/Optimization
students in theory and methods of the following disciplines:
• Scheduling and Transportation
• Supply Chain Management
• Organizational Behaviour
• Total Quality Management
• Human Resource Management
• PhD candidates can also pursue doctoral research
• Strategy/Organization Studies
that examines problems and issues pertaining to
Pakistani industry and emerging economies

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Programme Structure

The programme has been designed to ensure that doctoral students have the full range of necessary research and teaching
competencies, skills and sufficient knowledge of their subject area. This skill set will assist them in designing and executing
research at the highest standards of academic excellence. The programme aims to combine structured course work with supervised
research study. The design has been made in line with international standards and HEC guidelines.

A typical time line of the Programme structure is provided below:

Coursework Thesis

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

Term I Term I Work on dissertation Work on dissertation
Statistics* Philosophy of Administrative
Sciences*

Research Methods* Support Area Course 2 (e.g.,

Pedagogy* Sociology of Max Weber;
Optimization)

Term II Term II Dissertation Proposal Dissertation Write-Up

Support Area Course 1 Specialization Area Course 3 Defense
(e.g., Psychology; (e.g., Negotiation for OB&S;
Advanced Probability) Enterprise Modeling for OM)

Specialization Area Course 1 Specialization Area Course 4

(e.g., Organizational Behaviour (e.g., Strategic Management for
for OB&S; Scheduling for OM) OB&S; TQM)

Specialization Area Course 2

(e.g., Organization Theory for Work on dissertation Work on dissertation
OB&S; Supply Chain
Managenent for OM)

COMPREHENSIVE EXAM A COMPREHENSIVE EXAM B DISSERTATION

DEFENSE

*Refers to core courses which all PhD students are required to take regardless of their specialization area

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Faculty Profile
SDSB faculty includes PhDs from some of the finest universities in the world. Their regular participation in international
conferences and publications in top academic journals ensures that they remain active contributors to the latest research
in their respective fields. In addition to excellent academic credentials, several faculty members bring extensive experience
of working in the industry. Eminent visiting faculty, from abroad and within Pakistan, further diversify and enrich the
learning experience of students.

The following faculty will be involved in the PhD Programme:

• Alfred Jaeger, PhD, Stanford (Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University)

• Arif I. Rana, PhD, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Arif N. Butt, PhD, McGill University
• Asad Zaman, PhD, Stanford
• Ehsan Ul Haque, PhD, University of Texas-Arlington
• Faheem Ul Islam, PhD, University of Cambridge
• Farzad R. Khan, PhD, McGill University
• Imran Ali, PhD, Australian National University
• Jamshed H. Khan, PhD, University of Texas-Arlington
• Jawaid A. Ghani, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
• John Hulland, PhD, MIT (Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh)
• Kamran A. Chatta, PhD, Loughborough University
• Mehdi Farashahi, PhD, Concordia University (Associate Professor, JMSB, Concordia University)
• Muhammad F. Anwar, PhD, State University of New York – Buffalo
• Shaukat A. Brah, PhD, University of Houston
• Shazib E. Sheikh, PhD, University of Manchester
• Syed Zahoor Hassan, PhD, Stanford University

Selected Recent Faculty Publications

• Butt, A.N., & Choi, J. N. (2006). The effects of cognitive appraisal and emotion on social motive and negotiation behaviour:
The critical role of agency of negotiator emotion. Human Performance, 19(4), 305-325.
• Butt, A.N., & Choi, J. N., & Jaegar, A. M. (2005). The effects of self-emotion, counterpart emotion and counterpart behavior
on negotiator behavior: A comparison of individual- level and dyad-level dynamics. Journal of Organizational
Behavior, 26,1-24.
• Chatha, K. A., Ajaefobi, J. O., & Weston, R. H. (2006). Enriched multi-process modelling in support of the life cycle engineering
of business processes. International Journal of Production Research.
• Chatha, K. A., & Weston, R. H. (2006). Combined discrete event simulation systems: Thinking based framework for management
decision support. Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 220, 1969.
• Khan, F. R. (2007). Representation approaches matter. Journal of Business Ethics, 74(1).
• Khan, F. R., Munir, K. A., & Willmott, H. (2007). A dark side of institutional entrepreneurship: Soccer balls, child labour and
post colonial impoverishment. Organization Studies, Forthcoming.
• Khan, J. H., & Ghani, J. A. (2004). Clusters and entrepreneurship: implications for innovation in a developing economy.
Journal of Development Entrepreneurship, 9(3), 221-238.
• Khan, J. H., & Ghani, J. A. (2004). Network relationship and asset specificity in Pakistan's automotive industry. Journal of
07 the Asia Pacific Economy, 9(1), 85-100.
• Rana, A. I. (2006). SCM practices and the health of SMEs in Pakistan. International Journal of SCM.

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Participant Profile
Average Age 30 years
Average Work Experience 4.7 years

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Admission Criteria
The admission process at LUMS is competitive and transparent. Applications are assessed purely on the basis of merit.
The basic requirements for applying to the PhD Programme in Management are as follows:

• A minimum of sixteen years of education resulting in a Masters or Bachelors degree from an HEC recognized
Univeristy
• GMAT/GRE/LMAT (LUMS Management Admission Test)
• Well thought out statement of research purpose
• Interview performance

Fees & Financing Financial Assistance

The breakdown of the financial expenses during The University’s policy is to admit students
the first year is as follows: purely on merit, regardless of their financial
status or background. The PhD Programme
offers a full tuition fee waiver to all students
Fees PKR US $*
who are not funded from other sources. Other
Admission 20,000 330 types of financial assistance will include a
Tuition 466,560 7,711 monthly stipend up to PKR 20,000 to take care
Registration, 15,000 250 of living expenses while students devote
Computing,
Extracurricular themselves to full-time studies. Teaching
Security 10,000 165 assistantships and stipends to support faculty
(refundable) in research projects are some of the other
Total 511,560 8,456 opportunities that may be available to doctoral
students for additional financial assistance. In
the Finanical year 2008 - 09, a total of PKR 6.4
Estimated annual expenses of books, cases and
million was given in finanical assistance to PhD
reading material are approximately PKR 40,000.
Management students.

*Dollar amount subject to change

Note: The University reserves the right to change its policies.

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