Management (PhD)

Birkbeck's Department of Management has particular strengths in the study of innovation and entrepreneurship; marketing; labour economics and industrial relations; international business; corporate governance and corporate social responsibility; strategy as practice, organisation theory, information systems strategy, social networks, and trust within organisations; corporate finance and financial reporting; and the management and regulation of sport. Our research draws on the methods and theories of various social science disciplines - principally economics, psychology and sociology, but also geography and political science. During the first year you are required to take four modules for credit: Research Philosophy, Qualitative Research Methods, Perspectives on Organization and Statistical Methods for Business Research. After these modules comes completion of your Research Prospectus, which includes a preliminary literature review and a plan for the rest of your thesis research.