The Department of Management and Marketing

Academics and graduate research candidates in the Department of Management and Marketing are productive and successful. Staff and students attract competitive research funding and win awards in recognition of their research excellence. Research is undertaken both in Australia and abroad and is published in leading international and regional journals, as well as being presented at the most prominent international management and marketing conferences.

The academic staff in the Department of Management and Marketing are internationally recognised for the excellence of their research and teaching performance. They use cutting-edge knowledge to make their teaching material and the learning process exciting and engaging; and many have won teaching awards and written popular textbooks.

With research strengths in a number of key areas, the Department can offer PhD supervision for topics in a wide range of specialisations, including:

Consumer behaviour
Human resource management
International business
Marketing management
Operations management
Organisation studies

Knowledge transfer and career development

Led by the PhD Program Director, an active student body arranges forums with staff and eminent visitors and organises social functions. PhD candidates also coordinate a departmental PhD student retreat, which is a student seminar/conference featuring presentations by research students and guest speakers, and discussions on a range of topics relevant to the PhD process.

PhD students are recognised as being the academic staff of the future and so their candidature is supported by grants to assist with fieldwork and conference attendance. Tutoring and lecturing opportunities are also available to build the skills around imparting knowledge successfully as well as providing a level of financial support.

Recent PhD theses completed

Jeremy John Apsey – Differentiating Marketing Capabilities: Cash Flow Impact and Potency
Hugh Tulloch James Bainbridge – Organisations, Caregivers, and the Stigmatised: Stigma by Association and its Implications for the Workplace
Patcharee Boonyathan – An Investigation of the Relationship Between Supply Chain Uncertainty, Strategic Response, Supply Chain Partnerships and Firm Performance
Victor Federico Del Rio – High-Profile Crisis Management in Australian and New Zealand Organisations
Ana Maria Esteves – Evaluating Social Investments in the Mining Industry Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Shyong Wai Foon – The Relationship Between Operations and Maintenance Practices and Power Plant Performance
Paul Sydney Joseph Hill – The Link Between Product Innovation Orientation, Network Characteristics, and New Product Performance: The Case of the Australian ICT Industry
Steven Victor Jaynes – A Discursive Approach to Strategic Change in Organisations
Sonia Ming-Shiow Lo – An Empirical Investigation of the Inter-Relationship Between Product Nature, Supply Chain Strategy, and Business Performance
Shey Michelle Newitt – Corporate Governance and the Strategic Board: The Impact of Corporate Governance Reform on Australian Board Performance
Daniel Bernt Nyberg – Organisational Culture Reproduction and Transformation
Eric Quintane – Structure and Innovativeness: Looking for Balance
Christina Mary Scott-Young – Exploring the Link Between Teams and Project Success: Evidence from Capital Projects in the Process Industries

Financial support

Local students are entitled to a HECS exemption for the duration of an accredited graduate research degree. Read more about research scholarships.

For more information, including a detailed listing of academic staff within the Department, please visit: www.managementmarketing.unimelb.edu.au

View the handbook entry for this course (including subject details & course objectives)

Minimum entry	Structure
Either: A four-year honours degree at minimum H2A (75-79%) standard from an Australian university, or A qualification or combination of qualifications considered by the Research Higher Degree Committee to be equivalent, in an area that is relevant to the intended PhD. Applicants are also required to provide results of the GMAT or the GRE General Test. The Department's selection committee may, from time to time recommend that the Faculty approve an exemption on the basis of the exceptional quality of the application. Please see admission requirements - research for more information. Commencement only in Semester One of any given year.	3 years full-time or part-time equivalent One year (or parttime equivalent) of Coursework followed by two years (or part-time equivalent) of Research

Minimum entry

Structure

Either:

A four-year honours degree at minimum H2A (75-79%) standard from an Australian university, or
A qualification or combination of qualifications considered by the Research Higher Degree Committee to be equivalent, in an area that is relevant to the intended PhD.

Applicants are also required to provide results of the GMAT or the GRE General Test.
The Department's selection committee may, from time to time recommend that the Faculty approve an exemption on the basis of the exceptional quality of the application.

Please see admission requirements - research for more information.
Commencement only in Semester One of any given year.

3 years full-time or part-time equivalent

One year (or parttime equivalent) of Coursework followed by two years (or part-time equivalent) of Research

Eric Quintane France

A PhD is a journey into learning: learning about a subject that you have a passion for, about the methods you can use to explore this subject, about people with similar interests, and about yourself. Doing the PhD program in Management was demanding and rewarding, but above all it was a tremendous opportunity to learn.

Graduate School of Business & Economics