2 fully funded PhD scholarship in ERP in collaboration with Microsoft

2 fully funded PhD scholarship in Enterprise Resource Planning in collaboration with Microsoft
        

The Centre for Applied ICT invites applications for 2 scholarship in Enterprise Resource Planning. The scholarships will be associated with the large “Third Generation Enterprise Resource Planning Systems” project (www.3gerp.org), with more than twenty researchers. This is carried out in close collaboration with Microsoft Development Centre in Copenhagen.

The two PhD scholarships are offered within the areas of

• Operations management
• Accounting management
              
• Business Intelligence
              
• Information systems
              

All within the context of specifying, developing, deploying and using standard ERP systems for many countries and industries, especially providing research based innovations to the future generations of ERP systems.

For the scholarship, the department will give priority to applicants who demonstrate competencies within empirical and theory, and who show an interest in both joining the department’s research environment and functioning as a link to the relevant industry.

Center for Applied ICT is one of the largest research centers at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) with a portfolio of research projects that exceed 70 million DKK of which 20 million DKK are grants dedicated to research at the center. Among our global partners are Microsoft, IBM, SAP, ARLA, Heineken, United Paper Mill (Finland), Mahindra & Mahindra (India), Danish Radio, and the Danish Consumer Agency.

Please see the department’s profile www.cbs.dk/caict and please consult the general information on the CBS PhD Programme www.cbs.dk/phd
            

Closing date: 5 May 2008 at 12.00 noon.

Further information and a dialog about relevant topics should be addressed to one of the three professors mentioned below:

• Professor Niels Bjørn-Andersen, Centre for Applied ICT Research, nba.caict@cbs.dk,
• Professor Jan Mouritsen, Department of Operations Management, jm.om@cbs.dk.
              
• Professor Carsten Rohde, Department of Accounting, cr.acc@cbs.dk
              

Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the one of the three professors well in advance of the closing date in order to develop a project proposal.

Further information about the general conditions for scholarships in general and the 3gERP project in particular, may be obtained from Professor Niels Bjørn-Andersen, phone +45 3815 24 24, e-mail nba@cbs.dk.

General information:

To be awarded the scholarship, one must be enrolled as a PhD student. To be considered for enrolment, the candidate should have a basic training at the Masters level, and must be fluent in Danish and/or English. Enrolment in the PhD programme furthermore depends on the acceptance of the application, which must include a short project description, usually prepared in co-operation with the Department. This research proposal should contain a presentation of the intended research question, including the theory and methodology expected to be used.

In addition to the research proposal, the application must include a completed compulsory form, copies of a Master’s degree certificate or other certificates of a corresponding level, brief curriculum vitae (CV), a list of papers and publications, and one copy of a selected written work (e.g. Master’s thesis).

All parts of the application must be submitted in four copies, except the selected written work, which may be submitted in only one copy. Electronic submissions are not accepted.

A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of ½ year’s work (840 work hours).

The scholarship includes the waiving of tuition, office space, travel grants plus a salary, currently starting with per month app. DKK 22.345 up to DKK 27.280 depending on seniority plus a pension contributions totalling 17,1 % on 80 per cent of the base salary.

The salary level and appointment is determined by the Ministry of Finance’s collective agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.

A committee of experts in the field in question will assess the applications. The assessment of the applicants will be based on the quality and relevance of the project, including an evaluation of the applicant’s ability to accomplish it. Following this assessment, the management of the department will select the winner of the scholarship.

Please find compulsory application form, guidelines, and further information on scholarships and the Doctoral Programme www.cbs.dk/phd
            

The application must be submitted to:

Copenhagen Business School
CAICT
Howitzvej 60
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
att.: Niels Bjørn-Andersen

Marked “PhD – 33-3102”

Applications received by e-mail or discs will not be taken into consideration.

All interested researchers irrespective of age, sex, race, religion, or nationality are invited to apply for the position.

CBS focuses on innovation, partnership with the business community and internationalisation. As a Learning University CBS demands high quality in teaching, research and staff. CBS has around 15.000 students distributed among a wide range of degrees in social science and humanities including a very dynamic environment for executive programmes. CBS has around 400 full-time researchers and around 500 administrative employees.

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