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RESEARCH AREAS Our research strengths are focused in a number of groups or themes. Each of these involves externally funded research, international collaboration and the active involvement of doctoral students. There are opportunities for research students to study in any of the disciplines outlined below. HRM and Organisational Studies Members of the group have a wide range of research interests in the field of human resource management, organisation studies and management history. Currently, there are particular interests in the field of international political economy as well as in new patterns of work and organization, public sector management, gender and industrial relations. Staff members engage in individual research and collaborate with others at universities across the UK and abroad. Specific areas of research expertise include: ? Business elites and corporate governance in France and the UK ? Entrepreneurial philanthropy ? The ILO and the ?decent work? agenda, the harmonisation of international aid ? Critical perspectives on international business, post socialist transition, migration and trans ?nationalism ? Public service mergers and multi ?agency working in the public sector ? New working patterns in mental health services ? Gender and work ? The application of Foucauldian and governmentality perspectives to HRM and management ? especially to developments in public services in the UK ? Graduate careers More information about our academic staff can be found on the School?s website. Innovation and Enterprise Our research group activities broadly cover the areas of innovation, enterpriseentrepreneurship and policy. We have particular interests in the development and pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities within and outside existing organizations and on the way in which emerging technology trends are interacting with new businesses, management and policy models. Specific areas of research expertise include: ? Corporate entrepreneurship ? E-Business, E-Government and E-Learning ? Entrepreneurial opportunities and new venture emergence ? Information systems and social informatics ? Innovation management and policy ? Knowledge management and organizational learning ? Technology and organisation More information about our academic staff can be found on the School?s website. Strategy and Operations Specific areas of research expertise include: ? Lean operations (both manufacturing and service sectors, particularly health) ? Manufacturing planning, scheduling including optimisation in stochastic environments ? Layout optimisation ? Group Technology (applied to design and manufacturing processes) ? Computer Aided Production Management Systems ? Modelling, analysis and optimisation of manufacturing systems ? Manufacturing and business strategy More information about our academic staff can be found on the School?s website. At the generic level, the University s Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School provides a full range of research training in professionalkey skills, bibliographical techniques, and quantitative and qualitative methods. TYPICAL FUNDING School studentships. Own employer sponsorship home government. International students - British Council Foreign and Commonwealth Office University scholarships For more information about funding opportunities see, http:www.ncl.ac.ukpostgraduatefunding HOW TO APPLY The main deadline for applications is May 1 2011, for programmes starting in September 2011. Late applications may be considered on a space-available basis by September 1 2011 (for a January 2012 intake) or by January 1 2012 (for an April 2012 intake). If you are applying for funding, other specific deadlines may apply. After each deadline, shortlisted candidates will be invited to undertake a detailed (phone) interview. Successful applicants will be informed of their admission to the programme shortly after the interview. Further application advice is available from the Faculty of Humanities and Soc

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