phd folders
Posted by phdblogmeister on December 13, 2007
I started keeping a folder for those that I ran across and found it interesting for a variety of reasons. I renamed the files for easy reference and have the following rather small database:
- 80 pg Servant-Leader Dissertation (Walden)
- 149 pg Enterprise Database Management Dissertation (Miami)
- 161 pg Project Management Dissertation (Walden)
- 191 pg Generation X Dissertation (UOP)
- 217 pg Intercultural Leadership Dissertation (UOP)
- 435 pg Integrated Project Planning and Control Dissertation (Colorado)
In the names I attempt to capture some important metadata including the length, the topic and the school.
It is important to note that length is not a factor in success as some of the better papers are the shorter ones.
Other folders I keep organized for the PhD include:
- Capella Advisor
- Capella Mentors and Staff Bios
- Chicago – PhD Presentations and Handouts
- Comp Exams (and related)
- Dissertation Collection (and related)
- Future Paper Ideas
- Library & Research
- Motivation
- Registration, Class Lists and Finance
- Theories (Cross-Study)
- Tools and Books (to buy, sell, etc)
- Visualization
- Writing
Under the folder Theories (Cross-Study), for example I have:
- Hypothesis Testing
- Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
- Mixed Method
- Org. Theory
- Positivism
- Qualitative (Research Types, etc)
- Research Design and Cases (From Cooper & Schindler)
- Sampling
While this is just a start, I hope this encourages others to organize their academic life. On student I meet at my last colloquia gathered over 150 citations in preparation for his Comps, which of course he passed just the other day.
Seth
